John Grierson Movies

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and...

Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning.

Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock pays tribute to the "father of the documentary", John Grierson, exploring what made his work so...

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.

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

Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.

A look at the work of Glasgow's Medical Officer of Health.

A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.

The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.

A look at how Scotland's water is being used to bring power to the Highlands.

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...