Drifters [motion picture]
Drifters [motion picture]
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Great Britain : New Era [production company] [for the Empire Marketing Board], 1929.
Date
1929.
Call Numbers
C53
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 film reel (60 min.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
Contents
Director, John Grierson.
Publication information
Publisher
Great Britain : New Era [production company] [for the Empire Marketing Board], 1929.
Date Published
1929.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
A key film of the British documentary movement; for the first time in the British cinema workers at their jobs (the men of the herring fleets) were the central subject of a film. The emphasis is on poetic images of motion; the influences are Flaherty and editing techniques suggested by Soviet films.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Drifters [motion picture]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Language note
Note: English intertitles.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
C53
Record Identifier
74VvPzXoQXEb
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvPzXoQXEb
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991005562679702626
