John Grierson Movies

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

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

A celebration of the importance of the British countryside.

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

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 Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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

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