Richard Massingham Movies

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

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...

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

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

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

Documentary on savings

Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what to do with used handkerchiefs