Granton Trawler was one of the only films that John Grierson directed himself for the Empire Marketing Board/GPO Film Unit. The documentary style film was made in 1934, and was noted for its experimental use of sound without voice over.
Synopsis The film is about the "Isabella Grieg" which was a fishing trawler that traveled from Granton Harbour to through the east coast of Edinburgh, then to the fishing grounds between Shetland and Norway.
Legacy
Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky listed it as one of the 77 masterpieces of world cinema.
References
External links
Granton Trawler at the British Film Institute