John Grierson Movies

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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.

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and...

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

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

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.