The Documentary Movement
Show notes
Many of the films mentioned in this episode are freely available. Here are some links.
Emily Davison Trampled at the Derby (Pathe News 1913)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVrlLKAR1S0
Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty 1922)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkW14Lu1IBo&t=364s
Moana (Robert Flaherty 1926)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-neEtcJ2ck8
Drifters (John Grierson 1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqeHMh7ViLg&t=1489s
The Song of Ceylon (1934)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfRsEdPhD6g
Night Mail (Cavilcanti 1936)
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-night-mail-1936-online
Love on the Wing (Norman McLaren 1938)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSQVvUQegjQ
A Colour Box (Len Lye 1935)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEqTwwkB3Y&t=53s
N or NW (Len Lye 1938)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x4fzZ7KTiI
Alfred Hitchcock's documentary about John Grierson
https://thejar.hitchcock.zone/files/videos/HitchcockOnGrierson.mp4
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