John Grierson Movies

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

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

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

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still...

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...

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

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...

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

Farming techniques and modern methods bring new crops to market.

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

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

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

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

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

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