John Grierson Movies

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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...

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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

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.

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...

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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.

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.