Richard Massingham Movies

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

Short road safety film.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.

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

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

A provoking film on the place of women.

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