John Grierson Movies

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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

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

A stark warning about Britain’s coal-fired smog, charting its damage to health, buildings, and the economy while advocating cleaner...

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

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

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...

Highlights of the life of John Grierson, documentary film-maker

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

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

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

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

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