John Grierson Movies

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

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

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 boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

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

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

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 short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still...

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...

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

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

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.