John Grierson Movies

A celebration of the importance of the British countryside.

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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

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

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

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

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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

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

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

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