Movies

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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

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