A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Drifters
(1929) England
B&W : Four reels / 3631 feet
Directed by John Grierson

Cast: (unknown)

[?] New Era Films, Limited? production for the Empire Marketing Board; distributed by New Era Films, Limited. / Screenplay by John Grierson. Cinematography by Basil Emmott. Film editor, John Grierson. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Full-sound film.

Documentary.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 26 August 2023.

References: Bohn-Light pp. 373, 374; Perry-British p. 323 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.