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Drifters (John Grierson)

Classic Documentaries • 40m

Directed by John Grierson • Documentary • 1929 • 50 minutes

Story of the North Sea herring fleets. Filmed around the coast of Yarmouth and Lowestoft and Lerwick in the Shetlands in all weathers, but using some studio sets for interiors.

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black and white, british film institute, doc, drifters, env, expository, fishing, herring, history, north sea, ovid, science, sea, travel

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