John Grierson Movies

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

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.

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.