John Grierson Movies

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of...

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

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

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

In this parody of Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective goes to an opium den of inequity in the dangerous London district of London and challenges...

The story of the North Sea herring fleets from Yarmouth and Lowestoft to Shetland.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

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

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

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

A BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary.