John Grierson Movies

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

A celebration of the importance of the British countryside.

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

Farming techniques and modern methods bring new crops to market.

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

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...

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.