John Grierson Movies

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

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...

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

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

Marionette parody of Charlie Chaplin.

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

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.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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

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

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

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...

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

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.

Marionette parody of Cherry Kearton.

Marionette parody of Buster Keaton.

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

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