Bernard Devlin Trailers

L'Homme aux oiseaux Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

Staged in old Québec City, this film is about a rebel against the time-clock, whose hobby was snaring birds but whose dream was to escape the bonds of domesticity.

A Matter of Survival Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

The introduction of computers into the workplace in 1969 posed a threat to white-collar workers whose jobs they might replace.

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

This short film offers a glimpse into the life of Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine, the Chief Justice who died prematurely but left French Canada a legacy of political freedom.

September Five at Saint-Henri Trailer (1962)

05 September 1962

This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school.

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

This short film recreates the story of David Thompson – a man who, over the course of his lifetime, mapped a-million-and-a-half square miles of uncharted territory.

L'abatis Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

Once Upon a Prime Time Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

This short fictional film is a zany spoof of TV content with plenty of violence borrowed from the very source it seeks to parody.

Survival in the Bush Trailer (1954)

01 January 1954

This short documentary illustrates what to do when you're lost in the bush. Filmed in 1954, an NFB producer and a Native guide allow themselves to be marooned in the bush with only an axe and their wits as means of survival.

A Capital Plan Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction.

Le retour Trailer (1956)

01 January 1956

The Zoo in Stanley Park Trailer (1953)

17 December 1953

In this documentary short, a superintendent at Vancouver's Stanley Park Zoo discusses issues related to feeding and acclimatization of birds and animals from other zones.

Ski Skill Trailer (1946)

01 January 1946

A demonstration of the basic skills required to ski.

Winter Week-end Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

A short comedy about a group of skiers who end up spending their skiing weekend in the Gatineaus enjoying themselves despite their mishaps--but never making it onto the hill.

The Promised Land Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.

A Question of Identity: War of 1812 Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

This short film explores the effect the war of 1812 had on pioneer settlements of the Upper St. Lawrence and Niagara regions.

Judo: Jinks Trailer (1954)

02 July 1954

How--and how not--to get thrown for a loop is demonstrated as Fred Davis visits the gymnasium of the Kano Judo Club in Hull, Québec and interviews Bernard Gauthier, judo instructor, and gets the history of judo as a sport.

Circulation à Montréal: 2e partie Trailer (1955)

01 January 1955

In a city the size of Montreal with thousands and thousands of motorized vehicles, traffic problems are difficult to solve.

Circulation à Montréal (1re partie) Trailer (1955)

01 January 1955

In a city the size of Montreal with thousands and thousands of motorized vehicles, traffic problems are difficult to solve.

The Puppeteers Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

A glimpse behind the curtains of a puppet theatre is presented, showing the making of the marionettes and how they come to life in the hands of the puppeteer.

Korea, After the War Trailer (1954)

02 July 1954

Fred Davis takes a look at Korea in 1954, and gives a sobering account of the realities of war as they affect the Korean population.

The Wind-Swept Isles Trailer (1953)

01 January 1953

This is a story of men against the sea. On the edge of the great sea lanes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence lies a tiny archipelago which is gradually shrinking from the ceaseless nibbling of the tides.