Richard Massingham Movies

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

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

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

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 brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

The story of a family house through four generations

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

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

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

Short road safety film.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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