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.
William Franklin Brinton Brinton was the Washington, Iowa Graham Opera House manager; a public speaker; an inventor; solar house builder; airship builder; movie house projectionist. Brinton married Elizabeth Norris and had 4 children. Brinton later married Indiana Putman, health food advocate and nudist.
Background It was preserved and discovered by history teacher, Michael Zahs, in a barn in Ainsworth, Iowa. Saving Brinton (2017)|MUBI
Collection The collection included footage of Teddy Roosevelt,WORLD Channel: America ReFramed - Saving Brinton the world's first newsreel involving the 1900 Galveston hurricaneSaving Brinton Reveals the Secret History of Cinema in the Heartland|IndieWire and works by Georges Méliès Observation on film art: Wisconsin Film Festival: Footage fetishism 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.
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