John Grierson Movies

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was...

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

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

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

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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