John Grierson Movies

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

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

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

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born.

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

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...

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

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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