John Grierson Movies

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

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

Short documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems.

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

Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock pays tribute to the "father of the documentary", John Grierson, exploring what made his work so...

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...

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

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

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