A Colour Box
A Colour Box
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Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film.
John Grierson
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Night Mail
Night Mail6.1/101936HDThis documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...
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Trade Tattoo
Trade Tattoo5.9/101937HDTrade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of...
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Miss Robin Hood
Miss Robin Hood7.5/101952HDIn this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition...
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The Song of Ceylon
The Song of Ceylon6.2/101934HDAmbitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.
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Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.9/101934HDDocumentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
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Coal Face
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Drifters
Drifters6.1/101929HDA silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.
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The Brave Don't Cry
The Brave Don't Cry5.8/101952HDThe 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...
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Post-Haste
Post-Haste4.929/101934HDHumphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.
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Four Men in Prison
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Seawards the Great Ships
Seawards the Great Ships6.8/101960HDDocumentary 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...
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Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain5.429/101931HDGrierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...
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North Sea
North Sea5.7/101938HDDrama-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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The New Generation
The New Generation0/101932HDA record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
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Devil on Horseback
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A Return to Memory
A Return to Memory0/102024HDWhen Canada entered World War II, the National Film Board suddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward, helping to...
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Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Creative Process: Norman McLaren6/101990HDNorman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of...
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Man of Africa
Man of Africa0/101953HDFilmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and...
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You're Only Young Twice
You're Only Young Twice4.8/101951HDSeeking 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...
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Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook
Herlock Sholmes in Be-a-Live-Crook0/101930HDIn this parody of Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective goes to an opium den of inequity in the dangerous London district of London and challenges...
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Documenting John Grierson
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The Face of Scotland
The Face of Scotland7/101938HDThe history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.
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6.30 Collection
