Richard Massingham Movies

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.

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

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

A provoking film on the place of women.

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

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

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

Documentary on savings

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

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

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

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

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

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

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

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...

Short road safety film.

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

Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.