John Grierson Movies

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

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

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

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

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

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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.

Life on a farm at springtime, including blossom, piglets and ducklings.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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...

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

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

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

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

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