Brinton Collection

The Brinton Collection is a collection of early cinematography that was used by William Franklin Brinton (1857–1919) for his traveling show in the Midwestern United States.

This article is about early cinema. For Bradford Brinton's collection of Indian art, see Brinton Museum.

Background

It was preserved and discovered by history teacher, Michael Zahs, in a barn in Ainsworth, Iowa.[1]

Collection

The collection included footage of Teddy Roosevelt,[2] the world'sfirst newsreel involving the 1900 Galveston hurricane[3] and works by Georges Méliès[4] that were thought to have been lost: The Wonderful Rose-Tree and The Triple-Headed Lady.

Legacy

The collection's history was recounted in a film documentary, Saving Brinton, in 2018.[5]

References
  1. Saving Brinton (2017)|MUBI
  2. WORLD Channel: America ReFramed - Saving Brinton
  3. Saving Brinton Reveals the Secret History of Cinema in the Heartland|IndieWire
  4. Observation on film art: Wisconsin Film Festival: Footage fetishism
  5. Pamela Hutchinson (22 Jun 2018), "How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed?", The Guardian
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