John Grierson Movies

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by...

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

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...

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

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning.

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...

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

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

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

Smog was the deadly downside of Britain's industrial might, as this powerful and revealing documentary spells out. In 1937, coal was Britain's...