1. A method of enabling retrieval of information from a video surveillance system, the method comprising: automatically identifying an object of interest in a video scene of a master camera or a slave camera, the object of interest for the slave camera being determined as a function of metadata from the master camera; automatically classifying at least one feature in the object of interest; and storing a representation of the at least one feature in a form of metadata, including the metadata from the master camera to the slave camera, associated with video of at least the slave camera in a manner enabling retrieval of information about the object of interest.