John Grierson Movies

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

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

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

In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition...

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...

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

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.

At Balloch Moss mine in Scotland, water comes through a seam bringing a torrent of mud into the mine and flooding the pit shaft, resulting in 118 men...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

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

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

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...

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

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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

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