Recover original file name after rename

I apologize if I'm not asking this question in the right forum...
I received some .MOV files from a video shoot that have been renamed. I took notes on the camera-given file names, and I'm trying to recover that information. Is there any way to reveal previous namings of a file?
Thanks.

Phil Harvey's exiftool has a tag- OriginalFileName. Whether the attribute is set or not is something that you'll have to test.
More here- http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

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Assuming you are not maxing out each file so they are all exactly the same duration, the number of minutes and seconds and frames ought to get you where you want to go. Almost as unique as a fingerprint on my PC, but I never capture a bunch of videos that are identical in duration - although it is possible to do so, I suppose.
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