Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 2021-103
Title
'In They Dark Streets Shineth' Christmas Light Display documentary and materials
Date(s)
- c.1960-2021 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4.39 TB of digital videos and photographs
Context area
Name of creator
(fl. 2019)
Biographical history
Sean Scally is a photographer and filmmaker based in Trenton, Ontario. Website: http://seanscally.ca/
Name of creator
(fl. 2018)
Biographical history
Doug Knutson is a videographer and resident of Belleville, Ontario.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the Hastings County Historical Society and the Belleville Light Display and Gateway Signage Committee in December 2021.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Video footage and still images gathered for a documentary on the Belleville Christmas light display initiated by the Foster family after the death of Billy Foster and Art 'Sonny' Culloden on 24 December 1958. Includes the final documentary: In Thy Dark Streets Shineth by Sean Scally.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Documentary is embargoed until March 2022.