John Grierson Movies

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...

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

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

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

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

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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

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

A stark warning about Britain’s coal-fired smog, charting its damage to health, buildings, and the economy while advocating cleaner...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.