Empire Marketing Board Movies

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...

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

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

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

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

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.