John Grierson Movies

  • 1959
    John Grierson

    John Grierson

    John Grierson

    01959HD

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

    John Grierson
  • 1935
    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter

    01935HD

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

    Droitwich: The World's Most Modern Long Wave Transmitter
  • 1960
    Seawards the Great Ships

    Seawards the Great Ships

    Seawards the Great Ships

    6.7781960HD

    Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still...

    Seawards the Great Ships
  • 1930
    Our Dumb Friend

    Our Dumb Friend

    Our Dumb Friend

    01930HD

    Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

    Our Dumb Friend
  • 1935
    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye

    01935HD

    Short documentary about a trawler fishing for hake.

    On the Fishing Banks of Skye
  • 1930
    Conquest

    Conquest

    Conquest

    01930HD

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

    Conquest
  • 1937
    Children at School

    Children at School

    Children at School

    01937HD

    Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

    Children at School