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From 1936, the movement began to disperse and divisions emerged. Whereas previously the documentary film movement had been located in a single public sector organisation, it separated in the late 1930s into different branches, as filmmakers explored other possibilities for developing documentary
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The founding principles of the movement were based on Grierson's views of documentary film. He wished to use film to educate citizens in an understanding of democratic society.
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Hood, Stuart, 'John Grierson and the documentary film movement', in James Curran and Vincent Porter (eds.),
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The Rise and Fall of British Documentary: The Story of the Film Movement Founded by John Grierson
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film. By 1937, the movement was spread across four different production units: GPO,
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Film and Reform: John Grierson and the Documentary Film Movement
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