Empire Marketing Board Movies

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...

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

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

A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.

An intricate and richly detailed observation of every step in the making of an aircraft engine.

A short, silent documentary by Robert J. Flaherty about pottery in England.

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

Life on a farm at springtime, including blossom, piglets and ducklings.

A documentary taking a journey down the Thames from Tower Bridge to the Shellhaven refinery near London.