Movies

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

Joe the Burglar explains how he goes about his job for the benefit of the audience, providing a lesson in how to avoid being broken into.

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

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

Styles of architecture used in the 1951 South Bank Exhibition, London.

Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

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

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

Richard Massingham's 'Uncle Bob' character helps his family move house.

The story of a family house through four generations

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

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

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

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

Short road safety film.

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

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