Movies

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

A provoking film on the place of women.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

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