Editing John Grierson (section)

=== Group 3 ===
Grierson was appointed to the position of executive producer of [[Group 3 Films|Group 3]] at the end of 1950; it was a film production enterprise that received loans of government money through the [[National Film Finance Corporation]].<ref name=":0" /> They filmed at [[Southall Studios]] in [[West (London sub region)|West London]] but later moved to [[Beaconsfield Film Studios|Beaconsfield Studios]].<ref name=":0" /> Group 3 was to have continuous production from 1951 until 1955 when it stopped producing films, the organisation had made a loss of over £400,000 as production of the films usually ran over the time allocated, and there had also been difficulty getting the films shown in cinemas.<ref name=":0" />

During this time Grierson had been diagnosed with [[tuberculosis]] in May 1953, he spent a fortnight in hospital and then had a year of convalescing at his home, Tog Hill in [[Calstone]].<ref name=":0" /> Grierson spent much of his time corresponding with the directors at Group 3, as well as commenting on scripts and story ideas.<ref name=":0" /> He had recovered enough to attend the Cannes Film Festival in April 1954, taking the production of ''Man of Africa''.<ref name=":0" /> At the Edinburgh Film Festival in the same year, a dinner was held in Grierson's honour to celebrate twenty-five years of documentary.<ref name=":0" />