The Documentary Movement

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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