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Drifters / Caller Herrin
Film Description The classic genre-defining documentary 'Drifters' tells the story of the North Sea herring fleets filmed in 1929 around the coast of Yarmouth and Lowestoft. 'Caller Herrin' follows the herring boats off the coast of Scotland and the Shetland Islands. Made for the Scottish Home Department in 1947.
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Article - "Drifters"
by Graeme Hobbs
It’s common for reviewers to be rather dismissive of Grierson’s Drifters today; they are happy to accord it its due regarding its historical importance as the first of a new type of ‘documentary’, but are apt to think that it is not really worth the time spent watchi... View article in full
Article - "Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950"
by Michael Brooke
"Doubtless, were we a rational race, the spectacle of our present position would overwhelm us. But then we've always, thank heaven, remained deaf to appeals to reason, convinced that the experts are invariably wrong." So says the cartoonist Osbert Lancaster during Hu... View article in full
Collections & ListsThis film is part of the following Film Collections
Including: 40s Britain - Fishermen At War, Classical Music In The Forties, Drifters / Caller Herrin, GPO Animation, Len Lye - Rhythms, London Pride, Night Mail / West Highland, The GPO Classics Collection: Britain At War - The First Days, The GPO Classics Collection: Britain at War -Under Fire, The GPO Story: Thirties Britain (Vol 1).
This film is part of the following Customer Film Lists
Top Documentary Shorts - a look at Britain on film by Lester May Little gems deserving a bigger audience. There is a wide variety of great documentary films now released on DVD. Many of them will help to complete the picture in your family history and in some of them, some lucky people will actually see their ancestor on film! These films are excellent examples of the art of documentary film making and give a fascinating view of our islands in peace and in war, at work and at play. There are some real gems too, so surprise yourself and dip into these wonderful films about aspects of our island life.
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The GPO Story: Thirties Britain (Vol 1)
The GPO Story: Thirties Britain (Vol 3)
The GPO Story: Thirties Britain (Vol 2)
The GPO Classics Collection: Britain At War - The First Days
The GPO Classics Collection: Britain at War -Under Fire
