KTJ Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I could have sworn that I saw several news stories about this sometime in the last seven or eight years. An abandoned camera store in a large eastern city (not NYC, I think) was bought and going to be renovated. In the back, they found a lot of old wooden barrels and inside were a lot of films. I think that they were not dramas but more like actualities or newsreel type footage. Apparently they'd been made by these two brothers who were really into experimenting with film in the earliest days. This was definitely in the U.S., this was not the New Zealand Vault story. Edited by: KTJ on Jan 13, 2012 12:58 PM ~ It was a camera store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I don't know myself, but there's an online forum [nitrateville.com] that attracts serious film collectors, archivists and people involved in film preservation and restoration. They're a helpful bunch over there and I'll bet somebody will have answer for you. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTJ Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Thank you. I signed up for that forum and immediately received an answer to my question. The films are the Mitchell and Kenyon collection of everyday life in Edwardian England. They were very carefully restored by the BFI and are now available on DVD. There is a long article about this on Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbabe Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 maybe someone has the complete Divine Woman...would that be a find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTJ Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 After the way they found Metropolis, I would be willing to believe practically anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTJ Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 I think that I also may have been thinking of this: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1487003/Lost-Victorian-films-saved-from-destruction.html which is about the Huntley Collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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