John Grierson Movies
- 1960
Seawards the Great Ships
Seawards the Great Ships6.71960HD
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...
- 1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Creative Process: Norman McLaren61990HD
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
- 1959
John Grierson
John Grierson01959HD
A BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary.
- 1937
A Job in a Million
A Job in a Million01937HD
A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.
- 1930
Our Dumb Friend
Our Dumb Friend01930HD
Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.
- 2014
Documenting John Grierson
Documenting John Grierson02014HD
The life and work of the documentary pioneer.
- 1970
Hitchcock on Grierson
Hitchcock on Grierson01970HD
Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock pays tribute to the "father of the documentary", John Grierson, exploring what made his work so...
- 1934
Weather Forecast
Weather Forecast01934HD
Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.
- 1937
Children at School
Children at School01937HD
Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.
- 1938
The Face of Scotland
The Face of Scotland71938HD
The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.
- 1930
Kuster Beaton
Kuster Beaton01930HD
Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.
- 1932
The New Generation
The New Generation01932HD
A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
- 1962
Heart of Scotland
Heart of Scotland01962HD
The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.
- 1930
Tom Mixup
Tom Mixup01930HD
Marionette parody of Tom Mix.
- 1965
Health of a City
Health of a City01965HD
A look at the work of Glasgow's Medical Officer of Health.
- 1937
Daily Round
Daily Round01937HD
“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...
- 1932
Upstream
Upstream01932HD
Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning.
- 1933
Spring on the Farm
Spring on the Farm01933HD
Life on a farm at springtime, including blossom, piglets and ducklings.
- 1930
Kerri Cheertum in Jungle-Tungle
Kerri Cheertum in Jungle-Tungle01930HD
Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.
- 1935
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter01935HD
The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.