David Bairstow (director)

David Bairstow (April 27, 1921 – January 1, 1985[1]) was a Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing Royal Journey, which received a Canadian Film Award for best theatrical feature-length documentary and was named best documentary film of 1952 at the British Academy Film Awards,[2] and Morning on the Lièvre, which won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film in 1962.[3]

Filmography
  • Safe Clothing (1946)
  • Building for Tomorrow (1947)
  • Abitibi (1949)
  • Valley of Gold (1949)
  • Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde (1950)
  • Holiday at Waskesiu (1950)
  • Cadet Holiday (1951)
  • Royal Canadian Army Cadets (1951)
  • Shawinigan (1951)
  • Royal Journey (1951)
  • Wings for N. A. T. O. (1951)
  • Eye Witness No. 40 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 41 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 42 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 43 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 44 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 45 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 46 (1952)
  • Eye Witness No. 47 (1952)
  • Horizons of Quebec (1952)
  • Powertown Story (1952)
  • Dues and the Union (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 48 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 49 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 50 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 51 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 52 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 53 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 54 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 55 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 56 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 57 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 58 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 59 (1953)
  • Eye Witness No. 60 (1953)
  • Highlights from Royal Journey (1953)
  • Aircrew (1954)
  • Aviation Fuel Handling - Part 1: Characteristics of Aviation Fuel (1954)
  • Aviation Fuel Handling - Part 2: Railway Tank Cars to Surface, Bulk Storage (1954)
  • Aviation Fuel Handling - Part 3: Handling Procedures (1954)
  • Basic Rescue No. 1 - Five Basic Knots (1954)
  • Basic Rescue No. 2 - The Use of Levers (1954)
  • Basic Rescue No. 3 - The Use of Jacks (1954)
  • Basic Rescue No. 4 - The Single Ladder (1954)
  • Basic Rescue No. 5 - The Extension Ladder (1954)
  • Eye Witness No. 61 (1954)
  • Eye Witness No. 62 (1954)
  • Eye Witness No. 63 (1954)
  • Flying Instruction Technique (1954)
  • More Dollars in the Pasture (1954)
  • Anti-submarine Mortar Mark 10 (1955)
  • The Automatic Radio Compass: Part I (1955)
  • Daily Inspection Procedures for the T33 (1955)
  • Early Handling of Spinal Injuries (1955)
  • First Aid for Aircrew (1955)
  • Harvest in the Valley (Short version) (1955)
  • Hybrid Corn (1955)
  • Navy Goes North (1955)
  • Operation Eclipse II (1955)
  • Prepare for Advancement (1955)
  • Raising the Hogs the Market Wants (1955)
  • Road of Iron (1955)
  • Supply Depot to Flight Line (1955)
  • Air Survey (1956)
  • Chemical Conquest (1956)
  • Crash Rescue and Fire Fighting (1956)
  • Emergency Rescue - T33 Jet Aircraft (1956)
  • Fish Spoilage Control (1956)
  • Gyro Steering (1956)
  • H Bomb (1956)
  • An Introduction to the Radio Range (1956)
  • Methods of Instruction (1956)
  • Arrival (1957)
  • Aural Null (1957)
  • The Automatic Radio Compass: Part II (1957)
  • Aye Follow Your Own, (1957)
  • Battalion Intelligence Section (1957)
  • Birth of a Giant (1957)
  • Call it ... Rehabilitation (1957)
  • Coming to Single Anchor (1957)
  • Flagged for Action (1957)
  • Flash Up - St. Laurent Class Ships: Parts 1 and 2 (1957)
  • Honey Bees and Pollination (1957)
  • Island Romance (1957)
  • A Letter from Oxford (1957)
  • Log Drive (1957)
  • Mapping for Defence (1957)
  • Pierrot in Montreal (1957)
  • The Salmon's Struggle for Survival (1957)
  • Staff of Life (1957)
  • The Standard Range Approach (1957)
  • The Two Kingstons (1957)
  • Conquest of Cold (1958)
  • The Editor (1958)
  • Evidence for the Crown (1958)
  • First Novel (1958)
  • The Golden Age (1958)
  • Home Landscaping (1958)
  • Journey from Etsa (1958)
  • The Legendary Judge (1958)
  • Men and Automation (1958)
  • Men and Mechanization (1958)
  • Neptune Mission (1958)
  • Northwest Neighbours (1958)
  • One Day's Poison (1958)
  • Ottawa, Canada's Capital (1958)
  • People of the Peace (1958)
  • River of Wood (1958)
  • School for the Stage (1958)
  • The Story of H. M. S. Shannon (1958)
  • Student Nurse (1958)
  • Tales out of School (1958)
  • The Ticket (1958)
  • Train 406 (1958)
  • Western Brigade (1958)
  • 1,500,000 of Us (1959)
  • Bacon (1959)
  • Canada - World Citizen (1959)
  • Dykes for Dry Land (1959)
  • Eternal Children (1959)
  • The Gifted Ones (1959)
  • Grassland Farming (1959)
  • The Inquiring Mind (1959)
  • The Mine Makers (1959)
  • The Performer (1959)
  • Prairie Bonanza (1959)
  • Report on Cancer (1959)
  • Teamwork in Farm Research (1959)
  • U. N. in the Classroom (1959)
  • Automation (1960)
  • Life and Radiation (1960)
  • Men Against the Ice (1960)
  • Men Against the Ice (Revised) (1960)
  • On Prescription Only (1960)
  • Poisons, Pests and People (1960)
  • The Power of Matter (1960)
  • Steering North (1960)
  • This Electronic World (1960)
  • The First Mile Up (1961)
  • A Lake for the Prairie (1961)
  • Morning on the Lièvre (1961)
  • On Their Merit (1961)
  • River with a Problem (1961)
  • Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages (1962)
  • The Early Journeys of Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1963)
  • The Later Journeys of Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1963)
  • Memories and Predictions (1963)
  • Music from Montreal (1963)
  • Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North (1964)
  • Along Uncharted Shores (1964)
  • Selections from the Christmas Oratorio by J. S. Bach (1964)
  • Autobiographical by A.M. Klein (1965)
  • Instant French (1965)
  • Judoka (1965)
  • Max in the Morning (1965)
  • Long Ways to Go (1966)
  • Once upon a Prime Time (1966)
  • Tuktu and His Eskimo Dogs (1966)
  • The Accessible Arctic (1967)
  • The North Has Changed (1967)
  • Tuktu and His Animal Friends (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Big Kayak (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Big Seal (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Caribou Hunt (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Indoor Games (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Magic Spear (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Snow Palace (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Ten Thousand Fishes (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Trials of Strength (1967)
  • Tuktu and the Cleaver Hands (1968)
  • Tuktu and the Magic Bow (1968)
  • Tuktu and His Nice New Clothes (1968)
  • Twenty-four Hours in Czechoslovakia (1968)
  • City Limits (1971)
  • Total Approach (1971)
  • A Little Summermusik (1972)
  • Script to Screen (1972)
  • The Second Arctic Winter Games (1972)
  • The Sunny Munchy Crunchy Natural Food Shop (1972)
  • Who Were the Ones? (1972)
  • 28° Above Below (1973)
  • A Great Little Artist (1973)
  • Duty Free (1973)
  • Grierson (1973)
  • Our Street Was Paved with Gold (1973)
  • The People of the Book (1973)
  • Oceans of Science (1974)
  • Tomorrow Is Too Late (1974)
  • Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon (1978)

References
  1. "Canadian Film Encyclopedia – David Bairstow". legacy.tiff.net. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. "Royal Journey". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 57-60.
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