Movies
- 1935
Coal Face
Coal Face6.11935HD
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
- 1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Creative Process: Norman McLaren61990HD
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
- 1937
A Job in a Million
A Job in a Million01937HD
A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.
- 1960
Seawards the Great Ships
Seawards the Great Ships6.71960HD
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...
- 1936
Night Mail
Night Mail6.0451936HD
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...
- 1930
Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook
Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook01930HD
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...
- 1933
The Coming of the Dial
The Coming of the Dial01933HD
A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.
- 1934
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.9471934HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
- 1954
Devil on Horseback
Devil on Horseback01954HD
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
- 1935
BBC: The Voice of Britain
BBC: The Voice of Britain01935HD
An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.
- 2014
Documenting John Grierson
Documenting John Grierson02014HD
The life and work of the documentary pioneer.
- 1934
The Song of Ceylon
The Song of Ceylon6.11934HD
Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.
- 1935
A Colour Box
A Colour Box5.991935HD
Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
- 1931
Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain5.31931HD
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...
- 1950
Four Men in Prison
Four Men in Prison01950HD
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
- 1934
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection21934HD
Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.
- 1953
Man of Africa
Man of Africa01953HD
Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and...
- 1952
The Brave Don't Cry
The Brave Don't Cry5.81952HD
The Brave Don't Cry aspires to the "feel" of a documentary, right down to the deliberate absence of background music. A mine in Scotland falls victim...
- 1929
Drifters
Drifters6.11929HD
A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.
- 1959
John Grierson
John Grierson01959HD
A BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary.