John Grierson Movies

Made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the London County Council, responsible for many of the changes celebrated in the film – modern...

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

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

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

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

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

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