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Drifters

Name: Drifters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1929
Duration: 50 min

Documentary on Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

192950mUnited KingdomDirected by John Grierson

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John Grierson, Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, 1929. Documentary on Britain's North Sea herring fishery. Foreign print; rights flagged unverified. About 50 minutes; Wikimedia Commons print.

Year: 1929
Runtime: 50m
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genres: Documentary
Feelings: The real world

SourceEnglish WikipediaPublic domain, not yet verified

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Sound arrives. 121 films from 1929 in the catalogue.

Cast and crew

John Grierson
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Drifters

Documentary on Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

192950mUnited KingdomDirected by John Grierson

Your rating

Overview
Cast and crew
More like this

Overview

John Grierson, Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, 1929. Documentary on Britain's North Sea herring fishery. Foreign print; rights flagged unverified. About 50 minutes; Wikimedia Commons print.

Year: 1929
Runtime: 50m
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genres: Documentary
Feelings: The real world

SourceEnglish WikipediaPublic domain, not yet verified

Where it sits

Sound arrives. 121 films from 1929 in the catalogue.

Cast and crew

John Grierson
Director

Also streaming

Streaming data by JustWatch

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Drifters

Overview

Cast and crew

John Grierson

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Drifters

Overview

Cast and crew

John Grierson

Also streaming

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