John Grierson Movies

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...

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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

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.

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

Smog was the deadly downside of Britain's industrial might, as this powerful and revealing documentary spells out. In 1937, coal was Britain's...

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

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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...