John Grierson Movies

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...

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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

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

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

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

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

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

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

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

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

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

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

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

Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was...