John Grierson Movies

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

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

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

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

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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...

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

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

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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

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

Highlights of the life of John Grierson, documentary film-maker

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