John Grierson Movies

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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...

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".

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

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

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

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

A look at how Scotland's water is being used to bring power to the Highlands.

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

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.

Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning.

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

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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

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