Richard Massingham Movies

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

A short comedy about dentistry by the doctor and (at this point) amateur film-maker Richard Massingham.

Advice for post-war British holidaymakers on how to comply with new Treasury legislation on taking money abroad, presented in comic style by Richard...

Richard Massingham gives a comic demonstration of how to cross the road.

A road safety film on the dangers of playing in the roads of London in 1947.

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

Shops, clubs, theatres, traffic in the Piccadilly Circus, Pall Mall and Regent Street areas.

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.

Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what to do with used handkerchiefs

A comedy of a bachelor struggling to wake up and get to work, whilst living in a boarding house.

Short road safety film.

An introduction to the famous and historic university town, showing the colleges, as well as the place itself.

Public health film, warning of the dangers of this airborne disease through sneezing.

An industrial film instructing employees in the then-new air travel industry how to deal with problem customers.

“During the Second World War, blackout regulations were imposed to make it harder for enemy aircraft to find their targets over Britain. This...

Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the...

Documentary short film reporting on the activities of the American Red Cross and the useage made of contributed funds for the previous year. ...

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...