David Bairstow (1921-1985) was a Canadian producer and director and one of the most prolific filmmakers at the

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. Over the course of his career, he made 200 films, notably the critically-acclaimed ''

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'' (1961) as well as ''

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'' (1951) and '' Grierson'' (1973), both of which won the

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Early life

David Steele Bairstow was born in

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in 1921, the only child of William Bairstow and Florence Steele, both of whom were immigrants—William from England, Florence from the United States. Bairstow successfully competed to attend

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, and then went to

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, graduating with an Honours degree in Sociology in 1944. In university, he was a member of the Sociology Club and the Historical Club, and was keenly interested in the arts. He was the Literary Director of the University College Literary and Athletic Society, through which he wrote and produced plays and musicals. He was a member of the Glee Club, the Music Club, the Victoria College Bob Committee and the

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. In 1946, he moved to

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and joined the

Career

Bairstow was placed in the NFB’s storied Studio B, where his first film, ''Safe Clothing'', was an award-winning comedic short film about the importance of wearing appropriate clothing. He moved through the 1940s with a long list of documentaries, and then spent 1951 through 1957 making scientific films, and training films and sponsored documentaries involving the

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and

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. In the early 1960s, Bairstow became very interested in environmental issues. He believed that humans inadvertently disturb the environment when they try to control it. But as to solving the problem of pollution, he agreed with the government’s solutions; just after making ''Morning on the Lièvre'', Bairstow made a film about the 'national disgrace' that was the heavily-polluted

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. In ''River with a Problem'' (1961), he and director Graham Parker proposed that state experts and scientists should solve the problems of the past. Their position was that government funding, specialist knowledge and waste management were vital to restoring the balance of nature, and that economic growth was not incompatible with environmental protection. Bairstow’s views, and those of colleagues such as Parker and Larry Gosnell, though slightly different, had a tremendous impact on how nature was represented in NFB cinema. The approach became more sophisticated and journalistic, as interviews about the effects of pollution became spontaneous, and cinematographers equipped with lightweight gear could record instances of ecological destruction at a moment’s notice. In some cases, the camera mimicked the perspective of wildlife. These filmmakers often went off-script, looking at the root causes of environmental destruction without the blessing of the government or sponsors. ''Poison, Pests, and People'' (1960), illustrated that uses of nature, and solutions for pollution, had to be addressed based on individual communities, an approach that was new at the time. In the mid-1960s, Bairstow worked with Laurence Hyde to produce a 13-film series on the traditional

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way of life, using footage of the

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people of

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to illustrate the tales told by Tuktu, a fictional elder. In 1970, Bairstow spent a year producing films for the

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. Upon his return, now as Executive Producer of Studio B, he created the board’s Multiculturalism Program, which was seen as an innovative response to discursive racism and a way of increasing racial diversity among the NFB’s films. Some of the films to come out of this program are ''The People of the Book'' (Felix Lazarus, 1973), ''Kaszuby'' (André Herman, 1975), ''I've Never Walked the Steppes'' (Jerry Krepakevich 1975), ''Seven Shades of Pale'' (Les Rose, 1975), a 1977 trilogy from Beverly Shaffer—''Gurdeep Singh Bains'', ''Kevin Alec'' and ''Veronica'', and three 1977 films from

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: ''Bekevar Jubilee'', ''Our Street Was Paved with Gold'', and ''Hold the Ketchup''. Bairstow also produced ''Who Were the Ones?'', a

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film directed by Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell for the NFB’s

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. His last two films, ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' and the award-winning ''Oceans of Science'' were about fisheries depletion and species survival. Bairstow retired in 1974 and died in Montreal in 1985. He was survived by his wife Frances and two sons.

Filmography

National Film Board of Canada * ''Safe Clothing'' - short film, 1946 - editor, director * ''Building for Tomorrow'' - documentary short 1947 - director * ''Abitibi'' - documentary short 1949 - director * ''Valley of Gold'' - documentary short 1949 - director * ''Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde'' - documentary short 1950 - director * ''Holiday at Waskesiu'' - documentary short 1950 - director * '' Cadet Holiday'' - documentary short, 1951 - writer, co-director with Robert Humble and Douglas Wilkinson * ''Shawinigan'' - documentary short 1951 - writer, director * ''Royal Canadian Army Cadets'' - documentary short 1951 - co-director with Douglas Wilkinson * ''

'' - documentary 1951 - co-director with

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and Roger Blais * ''Wings for N. A. T. O.'' - documentary short 1951 - director * ''Powertown Story'' - documentary short 1952 - writer, director * ''Horizons of Quebec'' - documentary short, Raymond Garceau 1952 - editor * ''

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No. 40: Port of Flowing Grain, Surgery Is Safe, Home-Made Community'', 1952 - producer, director * ''

No. 41: Sabres at the Ready, Midnight Sculptors, Montreal Crime Lab'', 1952 - writer, producer, co-director with Thomas Farley * ''

No. 42: Royal Canadian 27th Infantry Brigade in Germany'' - documentary short, 1952 - writer, producer, director * ''

No. 43: School Safety Patrol, Gil Netters, Canadien in Paris'', 1952 - writer, producer, director * ''

No. 44: Whittlers' Village, Flying Farmer, Children’s Hospital'', 1952 - writer, producer, director * ''

No. 45: Laval Keeps Up, Northern Lakes Luxury Crop, Allied Airmen'', 1952 - writer, producer, director * ''

No. 46: Gadget Ship, Canadian Soldiers See Normandy, Maple Leaf Gardens'', 1952 - producer, director * ''

No. 47: WHO Clinic, Campus Home, Bush Plane'', 1952 - producer, director * ''

No. 48: Mail Order, Sentinel in the Gulf, School for Test Pilots'' 1953 - director * ''

No. 49: Backstage Artists, Bird Man, Looms That Crossed the Sea'', 1953 - producer, director * ''

No. 50: Glass Makers, Return of the Beaver, Uranium City'', 1953 - producer, director * ''

No. 51: Royal Ontario Museum, R.C.A.F. Wilderness Survival, Overseas Friends'', 1953 - writer, producer, director * ''

No. 52: Next Year's Newsprint, Moppet Models'', Jean Palardy and Hector Lemieux 1953 - writer, producer * ''

No. 53: Immigrants from Holland'', Grant McLean 1953 - producer * ''

No. 54: Little League, An Auto a Minute, A Railroad Goes to Sea'',

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, Felix Lazarus and Jack Long 1953 - producer * ''

No. 55: Indian Canoe Experts, Low-Cost College, Five-Pin Grey Cup'', Stephen Greenlees, Gordon Burwash and John Foster 1953 - writer, producer * ''

No. 56: Scottish Shepherd, Outdoor Classrooms, Canadians Help Arab Farmers'', Hector Lemieux,

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and Grant McLean 1953 - producer * ''

No. 57: Light Plane Armada, Canada's Vegetable Garden'',

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and Grant McLean 1953 - producer * ''

No. 58: U.N.'s Problem Refugees, Tractor Train Through Northern Wilderness'',

and Grant McLean 1953 - writer, producer * ''

No. 59: Bridging the Gap, Ancient Art; Modern Sport, Northern Wilderness, V.O.N.'', 1953 - producer, director * ''

No. 60: Tomorrow's Officers, This Unseen World, Prehistoric Alberta'', 1953 - producer, director * ''

No. 61: R.C.A.F. on the Mosell, New NATO Brigade'', 1954 - writer, producer, director * ''

No. 62: All-Girl Chorus, New Supply Ship d'Iberville'', 1954 - writer, producer, co-director with Hector Lemieux * ''

No. 63: Veteran Steamer, Inside Story of a Lady's Mink Coat'', Jack Long and Walford Hewitson 1954 - producer * ''Dues and the Union'' - documentary short 1953 - director * ''Highlights from Royal Journey'' - documentary short 1953 - co-director with

and Roger Blais * ''Aircrew'' - documentary short, Thomas Farley 1954 - executive producer * ''Aviation Fuel Handling'' - documentary short 1954 - producer, director * ''Basic Rescue No. 1 - Five Basic Knots'' - training film 1954 - co-producer and -director with

* ''Basic Rescue No. 2 - The Use of Levers'' - training film 1954 - co-producer and -director with

* ''Basic Rescue No. 3 - The Use of Jacks'' - training film 1954 - co-producer and -director with

* ''Basic Rescue No. 4 - The Single Ladder'' - training film 1954 - co-producer and -director with

* ''Basic Rescue No. 5 - The Extension Ladder'' - training film 1954 - co-producer and -director with

* ''Flying Instruction Technique'' - training film, Thomas Farley 1954 - executive producer * ''More Dollars in the Pasture'' - documentary short 1954 - producer, director * ''Harvest in the Valley'' - documentary short, Larry Gosnell 1955 - executive producer * ''Hybrid Corn'' - documentary short, Larry Gosnell 1955 - executive producer * ''Raising the Hogs the Market Wants'' - documentary short,

1955 - executive producer * ''Anti-submarine Mortar Mark 10'' - documentary short, Don Mulholland 1955 - producer * ''The Automatic Radio Compass, Part I'' - documentary short, Frank Spiller 1955 - executive producer * ''Daily Inspection Procedures for the T33'' - documentary short 1955 - producer, director * ''Early Handling of Spinal Injuries'' - documentary short, Walford Hewitson 1955 - producer * ''First Aid for Aircrew'' - training film, Walford Hewitson 1955 - producer * ''Navy Goes North'' - documentary short 1955 - producer, director * ''Operation Eclipse II'' - documentary short 1955 - producer * ''Road of Iron'' - documentary short, Walford Hewitson 1955 - producer * ''Supply Depot to Flight Line'' - training film, Alvin Goldman 1955 - executive producer * ''Prepare for Advancement'' - training film, William Davidson 1955 - executive producer * ''Air Survey'' - documentary short 1956 - producer, director * ''Chemical Conquest'' - documentary short, Larry Gosnell 1956 - executive producer * ''The Flight Commander'' - training film, Thomas Farley 1956 - executive producer * ''Crash Rescue and Fire Fighting'' - training film, Fergus McDonell 1956 - producer * ''Emergency Rescue - T33 Jet Aircraft'' - training film,

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1956 - producer * ''Fish Spoilage Control'' - animated short 1956 - producer * ''Gyro Steering'' - training film 1956 - producer * ''H Bomb'' - documentary short 1956 - producer, director * ''An Introduction to the Radio Range'' - training film, Frank Spiller 1956 - executive producer * ''Methods of Instruction'' - training film Fergus McDonell 1956 - producer * ''Arrival'' - short film, Donald Ginsberg 1957 - producer * ''Aural Null'' - documentary short, Michael Birch and

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1957 - producer * ''The Automatic Radio Compass, Part II'' - training film, Michael Birch and

1957 - executive producer * ''Battalion Intelligence Section'' - documentary short, Walford Hewitson 1957 - executive producer * ''Mapping for Defence'' - documentary short, Lawrence Cherry and Michael Birch 1957 - executive producer * ''The Standard Range Approach'' - training film, Michael Birch and

1957 - executive producer * ''Coming to Single Anchor'' - training film 1957 - producer, director * ''Aye Follow Your Own'' - short film,

1957 - producer * '' Birth of a Giant'' - documentary short Hugh O'Connor 1957 - producer * ''Call it ... Rehabilitation'' - documentary short, Ernest Reid 1957 - producer * ''First Adventure'' - documentary short 1957 - producer, director * ''Flagged for Action'' - documentary short, Fergus McDonell 1957 - producer * ''Flash Up - St. Laurent Class Ships: Parts 1 and 2'' - documentary short 1957 - producer, director * ''Honey Bees and Pollination'' - documentary short, Larry Gosnell and J.V. Durden 1957 - co-producer with Larry Gosnell and J.V. Durden * ''Island Romance'' - short film, Donald Ginsberg 1957 - producer * ''A Letter from Oxford'' - documentary short,

1957 - producer * ''Log Drive'' - documentary short, Raymond Garceau 1957 - producer * ''Pierrot in Montreal'' - documentary short, Donald Ginsberg 1957 - producer * ''The Salmon's Struggle for Survival'' - documentary short Walford Hewitson 1957 - producer * ''Staff of Life'' - documentary short, Donald Ginsberg 1957 - producer * ''The Two Kingstons'' - documentary short, Fergus McDonell 1957 - producer * ''Conquest of Cold'' - documentary, Walford Hewitson 1958 - producer * ''Evidence for the Crown'' - documentary short, Hugh O'Connor 1958 - producer * ''First Novel'' - short film, Donald Wilder 1958 - producer * ''The Golden Age'' - documentary short, Gordon Burwash 1958 - producer * ''Home Landscaping'' - documentary short, Larry Gosnell 1958 - producer, director * ''Journey from Etsa'' - documentary short,

1958 - producer * ''The Legendary Judge'' - documentary short, Donald Wilder 1958 - producer * ''Men and Automation'' - documentary short, Donald Fraser 1958 - producer * ''Men and Mechanization'' - documentary short, Donald Fraser 1958 - producer * '' Neptune Mission'' - documentary short, Walford Hewitson 1958 - producer * ''Northwest Neighbours'' - documentary short,

1958 - producer * ''One Day's Poison'' - documentary short, Donald Wilder 1958 - producer * ''Ottawa, Canada's Capital'' - documentary short 1958 - producer, director * ''People of the Peace'' - documentary short,

1958 - producer * ''River of Wood'' - documentary short, Raymond Garceau 1958 - producer * ''School for the Stage'' - documentary short,

1958 - producer * ''The Story of H. M. S. Shannon'' - animated short 1958 - producer, director * ''Student Nurse'' - documentary short, Donald Ginsberg 1958 - producer * ''Tales out of School'' - animated short, Hugh O'Connor 1958 - producer * ''The Ticket'' - documentary short Fergus McDonell 1958 - producer * ''The Editor'' - short film, Donald Wilder 1958 - producer * ''Train 406'' - documentary short, Fergus McDonell 1958 - producer * ''Western Brigade'' - documentary short, Fergus McDonell 1958 - producer * ''1,500,000 of Us'' - documentary short,

1959 - producer * ''Bacon'' - documentary short, Grant Crabtree 1959 - producer * ''Canada - World Citizen'' - documentary short,

1959 - producer * ''Dykes for Dry Land'' - documentary short, Donald Wilder 1959 - producer * ''Eternal Children'' - documentary short,

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1959 - producer * ''The Gifted Ones'' - documentary short, Don Haldane 1959 - producer * ''Grassland Farming'' - documentary short, Donald Wilder 1959 - executive producer * ''The Inquiring Mind'' - documentary short 1959 - producer, director * ''The Mine Makers'' - documentary short, George Bloomfield 1959 - producer * ''The Performer'' - documentary, Donald Ginsberg 1959 - producer * ''Prairie Bonanza'' - documentary short,

1959 - producer * ''Report on Cancer'' - documentary short,

1959 - producer * ''Teamwork in Farm Research'' - documentary short, George Bloomfield 1959 - executive producer * ''U. N. in the Classroom'' - documentary short Don Haldane 1959 - executive producer * ''Automation'' - documentary short, Clifford Brown 1960 - producer * ''Life and Radiation'' - documentary short, Hugh O'Connor 1960 - executive producer * ''Men Against the Ice'' - documentary short 1960 - producer, director * ''On Prescription Only'' - documentary short,

1960 - producer * ''Poisons, Pests and People'' - documentary short, Larry Gosnell 1960 - producer * ''The Power of Matter'' - documentary, Graham Parker 1960 - producer * ''Steering North'' - documentary short 1960 - producer, director * ''This Electronic World'' - documentary short,

1960 - producer * ''The First Mile Up'' - documentary short, 1961 - writer, producer, director * ''A Lake for the Prairie'' - documentary short, 1961 - writer, producer, director * ''

'' – short film, 1961 - editor, producer, director * ''On Their Merit'' - documentary short, Donald Wilder 1961 - writer * ''River with a Problem'' - documentary short, Graham Parker 1961 - writer, producer * ''Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages'' - documentary short 1962 - producer, director * ''The Early Journeys of Vilhjalmur Stefansson'' - documentary short 1963 - producer, director * ''The Later Journeys of Vilhjalmur Stefansson'' - documentary short 1963 - producer, director * ''Music from Montreal'' - documentary short 1963 - director * ''Memories and Predictions'' - documentary short 1963 - producer, director * ''Along Uncharted Shores'' - documentary short 1964 - producer, director * ''Selections from the Christmas Oratorio by J. S. Bach'' - documentary short 1964 - director * ''Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North'' - documentary short 1964 - writer, director * ''Autobiographical by A.M. Klein'' - documentary short, Richard Notkin 1965 - producer * ''Instant French'' - short film, 1965 - writer, producer, director * ''

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'' - documentary short, Josef Reeve 1965 - co-producer with

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* ''Max in the Morning'' - documentary short 1965 - producer, director * ''Long Ways to Go'' - short film, John Howe 1966 - producer * ''Once upon a Prime Time'' - short film,

1966 - producer * ''The Accessible Arctic'' - documentary short 1967 - producer, director * ''The North Has Changed'' - documentary short 1967 - producer, director * ''Tuktu and His Eskimo Dogs'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and His Animal Friends'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Big Kayak'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Big Seal'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Caribou Hunt'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Indoor Games'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Magic Spear'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Snow Palace'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Ten Thousand Fishes'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Trials of Strength'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Clever Hands'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and the Magic Bow'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Tuktu and His Nice New Clothes'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1967 - producer * ''Twenty-four Hours in Czechoslovakia'' - documentary short 1968 - director * ''City Limits'' - documentary short, Laurence Hyde 1971 - executive producer * ''Total Approach'' - documentary short, Roger Blais 1971 - executive producer * ''A Little Summermusik'' - documentary short, Bill Davies 1972 - executive producer * ''Script to Screen'' - documentary short, Claude Delorme 1972 - co-producer with Daisy De Bellefeuille * ''The Second Arctic Winter Games'' - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1972 - executive producer * ''The Sunny Munchy Crunchy Natural Food Shop'' - documentary short, Richard Todd 1973 - producer * ''Who Were the Ones?'' - documentary short, Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell 1972 - executive producer * ''28° Above Below'' - documentary short, Bané Jovanovic and Ken Page 1973 - executive producer * ''A Great Little Artist'' - short film, Martin Defalco 1973 - producer * ''Duty Free'' - short film, F. Whitman Trecartin 1973 - executive producer * '' Grierson'' - documentary, Roger Blais 1973 - executive producer * ''Our Street Was Paved with Gold'' - documentary short,

1973 - producer * ''The People of the Book'' - documentary short Felix Lazarus 1973 - executive producer * ''Oceans of Science'' - documentary short, Bané Jovanovic, Douglas Kiefer and Jean-Pierre Lachapelle 1974 - writer, producer * ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' - documentary short, Bané Jovanovic, Douglas Kiefer and Don Virgo 1974 - writer, producer Australian Commonwealth Film Unit * ''Better Pastures, Better Beef'' - documentary short, Alan Anderson 1970 -producer * ''Paddington Lace'' - documentary short, Chris McCullough 1970 - producer * ''Marsupials, Naturally - The Numbat'' - documentary short, John Shaw 1970 - producer * ''Kangaroos'' - documentary short, John Shaw 1970 - co-producer with Joe Scully * ''Kangaroos - Biography'' - documentary short, John Shaw 1970 - co-producer with Joe Scully * ''Kangaroos - Varieties'' - documentary short, John Shaw 1970 - co-producer with Joe Scully * ''Sheltered Workshops'' - documentary short, Kit Guyatt 1970 - producer * ''Desert Landforms'' - documentary short, Keith Gow 1970 - producer * ''Australian Geography: Faces of the City'' - documentary short, Malcolm Smith 1970 - producer * ''Australian Geography: Urban Patterns'' - documentary short,

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1970 - producer * ''Australian Geography: Man in the Desert'' - documentary short, Edwin Moses and Keith Gow 1970 - producer

Awards

''Safe Clothing'' (1946) * National Committee on Films for Safety, Chicago: Outstanding Non-Theatrical Motion Picture, 1949 ''

'' (1951) * 6th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1953 *

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: Best Theatrical Feature, Documentary, 1952 ''Aircrew'' (1954) * International Sports Film Festival,

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: Diploma of Honour, 1956 ''Early Handling of Spinal Injuries'' (1955) *

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: Certificate of Merit, Safety, Industrial and General, 1956 ''First Aid for Aircrew'' (1955) *

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: Best Non-Theatrical Film, Government-Sponsored, 1956 * National Committee on Films for Safety, Chicago: Bronze Plaque/First Award, Institutional and Occupational, 1957 ''Road of Iron'' (1955) * Kootenay Film Festival,

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: First Prize for Achievement, 1956 ''Harvest in the Valley'' (1955) *

: Honourable Mention, Non-Theatrical Film, Government-Sponsored, 1956 ''Fish Spoilage Control'' (1956) * Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Golden Reel, 1957 ''Log Drive'' (1957) * Rapallo International Film Festival,

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, Italy: Fourth Prize, Art Film, 1958 ''Flagged for Action'' (1957) * National Committee on Films for Safety, Chicago: Bronze Plaque/First Prize, 1958 ''The Salmon's Struggle for Survival'' (1957) * Okanagan Film Film Festival,

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: First Prize, Science: 1958 ''One Day's Poison'' (1958) *

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: Award of Merit, TV Information, 1959 ''Eternal Children'' (1959) * American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1960 *

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- Chris Statuette, 1960 ''

'' (1961) *

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...

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: Silver Bear, 1961 *

Edinburgh International Film Festival The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), established in 1947, is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, international, European or UK Premieres), in al ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

, Scotland: Diploma of Merit, 1961 * 14th Canadian Film Awards,

: Best Theatrical Short, 1962 * Boston Film Festival,

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

: Award of the Jury "For excellence in successful creative exploration of the film medium", 1962 *

- Chris Statuette, 1962 * Festival of Tourist and Folklore Films,

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

: Prize of the General Commission of France, 1963 ''Music from Montreal'' (1963) *

- Chris Certificate, Music, 1963 ''Autobiographical by A.M. Klein'' (1965) * HEMISFILM,

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

TX: Honourable Mention - Bronze Plaque, 1968 ''Tuktu and the Indoor Games'' (1967) * International Children's Film Exhibition,

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

: Silver Medal, 1969 ''Total Approach'' (1971) * U.S. Industrial Film Festival, Chicago: Certificate of Creative Excellence, 1972 ''28° Above Below'' (1973) * International Review of Maritime Documentary / International Film, TV Film and Documentary Film Market (MIFED),

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

: Diploma and Trophy, 1974 '' Grierson'' (1973) *

27th British Academy Film Awards The 27th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 6 March 1974 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1973. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Televisi ...

, London: BAFTA/Robert Flaherty Award for Best Documentary, 1974 *

25th Canadian Film Awards The 25th Canadian Film Awards were announced on October 12, 1973, to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 111-114. Q ...

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: Best Documentary (tied), 1973 * Festival of World Television, Los Angeles: Best Profile Documentary, 1973 * Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Personality, 1973 * Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Bronze Reel Award for Third Best Film, 1973 * Melbourne Film Festival,

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

: Diploma of Merit, 1974 ''The Sunny Munchy Crunchy Natural Food Shop'' (1973) * International Green Film Week,

, Germany: Diploma of Merit, 1974 ''Tomorrow Is Too Late'' (1974) * International Professional Fishing Film Festival,

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

: Silver Fish, 1974 ''Oceans of Science'' (1974) * International Documentary Film Days on the Environment,

Ouistreham Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France. Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders t ...

Riva-Bella: Honorable Mention, 1976 * International Science and Technology Film Contest,

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

: Bronze Prize, Higher Education, 1976Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

Stoddart Publishing Stoddart Publishing was a Canadian book publisher and distributor, owned by Jack Stoddart, which ceased operations in 2002. History In 1967, General Publishing purchased the Musson imprint, based in Canada, from British publisher Hodder & Stough ...

, 2000. . pp. 57-60.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bairstow, David Canadian documentary film producers Canadian documentary film directors 1921 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Canadian screenwriters Film directors from Toronto Film producers from Ontario National Film Board of Canada people Directors of Genie Award winners for Best Theatrical Short Canadian male screenwriters Screenwriters from Toronto