Empire Marketing Board

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

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 The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.

A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.

An intricate and richly detailed observation of every step in the making of an aircraft engine.

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.

A short, silent documentary by Robert J. Flaherty about pottery in England.

Story of salmon fishers and the methods they use; captures the migration of salmon up a Highland river for spawning.

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

A documentary taking a journey down the Thames from Tower Bridge to the Shellhaven refinery near London.