David Bairstow Movies

A black comedy of violent criminals who terrorize apartment dwellers during New York's 1977 power blackout.

West German soil resounds again to the tread of marching feet and the rumble of armored vehicles--but this time for the preservation of peace. The...

This drama portrays an immigrant family and the mingled feelings of hope and despair that characterize their life in a strange land. An Italian wife...

The Games included many sports seen in Olympic competition, plus others--for example, pirautaqturniq, the Inuit skill of hitting an object with a ten...

At the microphone with Max Ferguson, radio satirist, as he creates his weekday-morning program. Filmed inside his CBC broadcasting booth, this film...

This short film offers a picturesque tour through the maple-wooded hills alongside Québec's Lièvre River in autumn to the accompaniment...

In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it...

This short film was created by a group of Indigenous filmmakers at the NFB in 1972 and is essentially a song by Willie Dunn sung by Bob Charlie and...

A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951....

This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939....

This short fictional film features the picturesque seaside landscape of Prince Edward Island as the setting for a summer romance between a girl from...

This animated short describes an incident in the War of 1812. Here, colourful drawings give a satirical twist to the engagement between a British...

Filmmaker Albert Kish revisits Montreal's St Lawrence Boulevard in the '70s. The street, also known as "The Main," is a little Europe with many...

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it. Following the path...

This short doc is a novel look at driver safety and the consequences of a change from Jekyll to Hyde behind the wheel of a car.

Brogan thinks Foreman McCardle has gone clean off his rocker when he has him, Brogan, carted away to the clinic although he’s perfectly well....

The story of a fishing family, their daily lives, and the son’s wish for a modern boat

Highlights of the 1951 visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States. - NFB