Douglas S. Wilson collection
Wilson, Douglas S.
Amateur films--Production and direction
Motion pictures--British Columbia--History
Experimental films--British Columbia
Burritt, Dorothy M., 1910-1963
Burritt, Oscar C., 1908-1974
Shelly, Leon Curtis
The collection mainly consists of copies of several short films by Oscar and Dorothy Burritt. The Burritts were film enthusiasts and amateur filmmakers who lived in Vancouver until 1947. Oscar C. Burritt also worked as a professional cinematographer and director. In later years he worked for CBC Television in Toronto. Both the Burritts were active in the film society movement, including the Vancouver Branch of the National Film Society and the Toronto Film Society.
The collection includes footage of Vancouver events and places, as well the amateur or experimental works "And--", "Bats Out of Hell", "Residue 2", "Suite Two: A Memo to Oscar", and "Three There". The collection also includes Douglas Wilson's 1981 oral history interview with Leon C. Shelly, who discusses his career as a film producer in Vancouver and Toronto. It also includes a photograph of a portrait of Dorothy Burritt, painted in 1947 by Peter Bortkus.
1947-1990
3 videotapes, 3 audio reels, 1 film reel, 1 photograph
https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca//douglas-s-wilson-collection
PR-2232
The original films of "and--", "[Cinemaorgy]", and "Three There" are held by Library and Archives Canada. The original film of "Suite Two" is F1986:06 at the BC Archives. Location of the other film originals is unknown.
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* Conservation restriction: material in cool or cold storage requires special retrieval and handling.