Richard Massingham Trailers

Piccadilly Roundabout Trailer (1944)

01 January 1944

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

Pedal Cyclists Trailer (1947)

02 January 1947

Dangers in the Dark Trailer (1941)

01 January 1941

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

Another Case of Poisoning Trailer (1949)

14 March 1949

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

Facts and Fancies Trailer (1951)

02 September 1951

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

The Blakes Slept Here Trailer (1953)

08 September 1953

The story of a family house through four generations

Will Any Gentleman...? Trailer (1953)

25 August 1953

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up.

The Cure Trailer (1950)

20 September 1950

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

Seeing Them Through Trailer (1945)

01 February 1945

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

Moving House Trailer (1950)

01 June 1950

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

Thirty Miles an Hour Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

Short road safety film.

Agricultural Holiday Camps Trailer (1947)

07 June 1947

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

Influenza Trailer (1946)

01 January 1946

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

Daily Round Trailer (1937)

01 January 1937

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but this Devon postie has some startling ideas about improving efficiency.

Help Yourself Trailer (1950)

15 February 1950

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.

In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself Trailer (1943)

02 January 1943

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.

Introducing the New Worker Trailer (1952)

02 January 1952

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

Pedestrian Crossing Trailer (1948)

13 May 1948

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

Elopement in France Trailer (1944)

02 January 1944

Watch Your Meters Trailer (1947)

11 November 1947

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

The Five-Inch Bather Trailer (1942)

21 December 1942

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

Handkerchief Drill Trailer (1949)

15 November 1949

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

Women After the War Trailer (1946)

08 March 1946

A provoking film on the place of women.

Brief City Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

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

Pool of Contentment Trailer (1946)

07 July 1946

A secretarial pool dream of the ideal civil servant to be their boss.

Down at the Local Trailer (1945)

02 January 1945

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

Jet-Propelled Germs Trailer (1948)

10 October 1948

Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what s

Health in Our Time Trailer (1948)

01 January 1948

Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory.

An Englishman's Home.......... Trailer (1946)

02 January 1946

Tell Me If It Hurts Trailer (1934)

31 December 1934

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

They Travel By Air Trailer (1947)

01 January 1947

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

Mony a Pickle Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman McLaren passage where household furniture springs to life—selling the idea that “many a little makes a lot.

The Silent Order Trailer (1951)

20 July 1951

Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the Holy Cross, Roscrea, County Tipperary, as they quietly go about their business as farmers, scholars, artists, and writers—evoking 10 centuries of a shifting social, political, and religious landscape in the heart of Ireland.

Cambridge Trailer (1945)

09 December 1945

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

And So to Work Trailer (1936)

01 January 1936

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

Coughs and Sneezes Trailer (1945)

01 January 1945

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

Playing in the Road Trailer (1947)

01 January 1947

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

Warning to Travellers Trailer (1949)

23 April 1949

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