Richard Massingham Movies

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

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...

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

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

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

The story of a family house through four generations

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 brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman...

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.

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

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

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

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

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

Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the...

Richard Massingham's 'Uncle Bob' character helps his family move house.

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

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

A provoking film on the place of women.