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...

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

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

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

A provoking film on the place of women.

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

Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.

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

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

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

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.

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

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