John Grierson Movies

At Balloch Moss mine in Scotland, water comes through a seam bringing a torrent of mud into the mine and flooding the pit shaft, resulting in 118 men...

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

In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition...

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

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

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by...

When Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

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

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

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

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

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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...