A family move from one house to another is one of those human experiences which are commonly regarded with foreboding. But if the operation is carried out by experienced and reliable moving-men there is no need for it to be a nightmare. The late Richard Massingham was invited to apply his highly personal technique to a problem for which the more solemn forms of documentary presentation would have been entirely inappropriate.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007322
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Great Britain
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → House buying
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Life change events
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → House buying
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life change events
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life skills
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)