Richard Massingham Movies

  • 1946
    An Englishman's Home..........

    An Englishman's Home..........

    An Englishman's Home..........

    01946HD

    An Englishman's Home..........
  • 1941
    Dangers in the Dark

    Dangers in the Dark

    Dangers in the Dark

    01941HD

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

    Dangers in the Dark
  • 1951
    Facts and Fancies

    Facts and Fancies

    Facts and Fancies

    01951HD

    Describes the many by-products resulting from the carbonisation of coal.

    Facts and Fancies
  • 1948
    Jet-Propelled Germs

    Jet-Propelled Germs

    Jet-Propelled Germs

    01948HD

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

    Jet-Propelled Germs
  • 1950
    Help Yourself

    Help Yourself

    Help Yourself

    01950HD

    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.

    Help Yourself
  • 1938
    Mony a Pickle

    Mony a Pickle

    Mony a Pickle

    5.31938HD

    A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman...

    Mony a Pickle
  • 1952
    Brief City

    Brief City

    Brief City

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

    Brief City
  • 1945
    Down at the Local

    Down at the Local

    Down at the Local

    61945HD

    A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

    Down at the Local
  • 1947
    Pedal Cyclists

    Pedal Cyclists

    Pedal Cyclists

    01947HD

    Pedal Cyclists
  • 1951
    The Silent Order

    The Silent Order

    The Silent Order

    01951HD

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

    The Silent Order
  • 1944
    Piccadilly Roundabout

    Piccadilly Roundabout

    Piccadilly Roundabout

    01944HD

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

    Piccadilly Roundabout
  • 1950
    The Cure

    The Cure

    The Cure

    01950HD

    Richard Massingham directs and stars in this medical short about a man going to any lengths to cure his lumbago.

    The Cure
  • 1945
    Seeing Them Through

    Seeing Them Through

    Seeing Them Through

    101945HD

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

    Seeing Them Through
  • 1950
    Moving House

    Moving House

    Moving House

    01950HD

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

    Moving House
  • 1948
    Pedestrian Crossing

    Pedestrian Crossing

    Pedestrian Crossing

    01948HD

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

    Pedestrian Crossing
  • 1937
    Daily Round

    Daily Round

    Daily Round

    01937HD

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

    Daily Round
  • 1949
    Warning to Travellers

    Warning to Travellers

    Warning to Travellers

    01949HD

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

    Warning to Travellers
  • 1944
    Elopement in France

    Elopement in France

    Elopement in France

    01944HD

    Elopement in France
  • 1947
    Watch Your Meters

    Watch Your Meters

    Watch Your Meters

    01947HD

    Richard Massingham stars in an educational short about ways of conserving household energy.

    Watch Your Meters
  • 1949
    Another case of poisoning

    Another case of poisoning

    Another case of poisoning

    01949HD

    A film for food handlers of all kinds. Food poisoning is all too common, and this film, by examining the food contacts of a typical case on the day...

    Another case of poisoning