Recherche dans la collection - Vernon K. Flaherty and R. Brian Flaherty collection [moving images]

Eighteen of the Edison films were purchased from the Chicago Talking Machine Company and were brought to the town of Beaverton, Ontario in 1897 by William White and G. Warden and in April of that year were shown at Beaverton's Alexandria Hall. Eventually, the films ended up in the basement of a home owned by William White's niece, where they remained for half a century. In 1950, the films were given to Vernon K. Flaherty and R. Brian Flaherty, the original projectionists at Beaverton's Strand Theatre. In 1982 R. Brian Flaherty's son, David, arranged for the films' restoration and transfer to the National Archives of Canada. Two of the Edison films, Umbrella parade and Feeding the doves, were repatriated from the library of Congress when the other 18 films were received in order to complete the collection. The World War II material was received from David Flaherty in 1985.