Richard Massingham Movies

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

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

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

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.

A provoking film on the place of women.

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

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

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

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

The story of a family house through four generations

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.

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

Documentary on savings

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

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

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

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