Richard Massingham Movies

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

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...

British Ministry of Health information film on the risks of poor food hygeine.

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

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

A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance of five inches of hot water.

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

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

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

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

“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. ...

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

Short road safety film.