John Grierson Movies

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

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.

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

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

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

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of...

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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...

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

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

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

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...

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

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