Richard Massingham

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

Showing the importance of a thorough induction.

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

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

Short road safety film.

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

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Advice for post-war British holidaymakers on how to comply with new Treasury legislation on taking money abroad, presented in comic style by Richard...

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

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

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

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...

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

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