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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Documentary on savings

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

A provoking film on the place of women.

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