Granton Trawler

Synopsis

Shows a trawler out fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘In the thirties we were all in it together,' Grierson said. ‘We could all edit well. We could all write well. There was no part we couldn’t do, even camera work. The one credit I was absolutely insistent on was putting my name as cameramen on GRANTON TRAWLER. I had to put my name on because there was nobody else on the picture except me. It was a solo effort. It’s a sweet little film’. ‘Although normally a very good sailor, Grierson had been terribly seasick on the trip’, Edgar Anstey recalls. ‘What I found exciting - it’s still in the film - was that where, because of the rough seas, the camera had fallen over and Grierson was perhaps too sick to save it, you got absolutely wonderful shots for a storm sequence, whirling sky and sea’. Although uncredited, Cavalcanti is known to have added the sound track of simple noises and snatches of Scots conversation.

Series

Britain in the Thirties. Vol 1

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min.

Year of production

1934

Availability

Sale

Notes

See: BRITAIN IN THE THIRTIES VOL 1 for availability on compilation videocassette.

Subjects

Agriculture

Keywords

fishing; trawlers

Credits

Director

John Grierson

Producer

John Grierson

Contributor

E A Pawley; Edgar Anstey; John Grierson

Production Company

Name

GPO Film Unit

Distributor

Name

Post Office Film & Video Library

Email

poes@edist.co.uk

Phone

01795 426465

Fax

01795 474871

Address

c/o Post Office Education Services
PO Box 145
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1NH

Notes

Contact: Barry Wiles