John Grierson Movies

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

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

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

Smog was the deadly downside of Britain's industrial might, as this powerful and revealing documentary spells out. In 1937, coal was Britain's...

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

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...

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

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

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.

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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