The New Generation (2025)
A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. ...
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John Grierson is associated with: The New Generation
A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. ...
Watch NowThe history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland. ...
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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 one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a shi ...
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An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar. ...
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Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and Batwa tribes to a new territory after the natural resources of their native soil has been depleted. The pro ...
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In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan. She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distille ...
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At Balloch Moss mine in Scotland, water comes through a seam bringing a torrent of mud into the mine and flooding the pit shaft, resulting in 118 men being trapped, with nine missing. The only means by which the rescue team can bring the men out is through ...
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Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O'Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an assumed name as a University porter. Ada is mistaken by ...
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Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938. ...
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A stark warning about Britain's coal-fired smog, charting its damage to health, buildings, and the economy while advocating cleaner gas/electric power, processed smokeless fuels, and better housing—presaging the Great Smog of 1952 and the Clean Air Act o ...
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Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of outtakes from GPO Film Unit documentaries such as Night Mail. Lye transformed this footage in what has been ...
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"Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but this Devon postie has some startling ideas about improving efficiency... The inimitable Richard Massingham, a doc ...
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Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film. ...
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A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDon ...
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The building and launch of a new long-wave radio transmitter - just as the TV age is about to be born. ...
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Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs. ...
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Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg". ...
Watch NowShort documentary about weather forecasting, emphasising the importance of the GPO's telecommunications systems. ...
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Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office. ...
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Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service. ...
Watch NowA short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired. ...
Watch NowA film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges. ...
Watch NowLife on a farm at springtime, including blossom, piglets and ducklings. ...
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Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning. ...
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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 hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsop ...
Watch NowNorman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, ...
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A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and in ...
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Highlights of the life of John Grierson, documentary film-maker ...
Watch NowA BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary. ...
Watch NowA look at how Scotland's water is being used to bring power to the Highlands. ...
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The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people. ...
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This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow. ...
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