1896 LARS PETER ELFELT PETERSEN (1863-1931) This Royal Danish Photographer was impressed by the Lumière Cinématographe as was Doyen. Knowing Jules Carpentier who built the Cinématographe for the Lumières, he returned to Denmark and had engineer Jens Poul Andersen build a camera. Petersen filmed the 1st Danish film ‘Kørsel Med Grønlandske Hunde’ (Driving with Greenlandic Sled Dogs), January 1897. Despite its title it was shot in a Copenhagen parkland called Fælledparken. Petersen changed his name to Elfelt and began filming a series of ‘reportage’ films, which involved a succession of royal arrivals, funerals, children's activities, sports, animal shows, politicians, parades, and other exhibitory themes for the public. Many of Elfelt’s films have been preserved and constitute an historic archive of life in Denmark around the end of the 19th century. The collection comprises around 200 ‘reportage’ films in total. In 1901 he acquired a lifetime Cinema license and named the first theatre in Denmark 'Kjøbenhavns Kinoptikon' (Copenhagen's Kinoptikon) on Frederiksborggade Street. This is where in 1903, Elfelt showed his only feature titled ‘The Execution’ (Henrettelsen). The Danish Film Institute @DanishFilm has a wonderful repertoire of Danish films including some by Peter Elfelt. Visit them here www.dfi.dk/en -30- ------------------------- THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF CINEMATOGRAPHY An Illustrated Chronological History of the Development of Motion Pictures Leading to the Discovery of Cinematography in the 1800s First edition published online in 1999 www.precinemahistory.net/index.html VISIT MY INTERNET ARCHIVE CHANNEL archive.org/details/precinemahistory.net VISIT AND FOLLOW MY TWITTER ACCOUNT SEE Daily posts of the 2nd edition of my work -32 years of research--where you will see the complete story of pre cinema. It can be found at Twitter -- Follow Us @RealPreCinema twitter.com/RealPreCinema VISIT AND LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE AT MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL ruclips.net/channel/UC7eFAkjJpgpqPw8La35RcQgfeatured
1896
LARS PETER ELFELT PETERSEN (1863-1931)
This Royal Danish Photographer was impressed by the Lumière Cinématographe as was Doyen. Knowing Jules Carpentier who built the Cinématographe for the Lumières, he returned to Denmark and had engineer Jens Poul Andersen build a camera.
Petersen filmed the 1st Danish film ‘Kørsel Med Grønlandske Hunde’ (Driving with Greenlandic Sled Dogs), January 1897. Despite its title it was shot in a Copenhagen parkland called Fælledparken.
Petersen changed his name to Elfelt and began filming a series of ‘reportage’ films, which involved a succession of royal arrivals, funerals, children's activities, sports, animal shows, politicians, parades, and other exhibitory themes for the public.
Many of Elfelt’s films have been preserved and constitute an historic archive of life in Denmark around the end of the 19th century. The collection comprises around 200 ‘reportage’ films in total.
In 1901 he acquired a lifetime Cinema license and named the first theatre in Denmark 'Kjøbenhavns Kinoptikon' (Copenhagen's Kinoptikon) on Frederiksborggade Street.
This is where in 1903, Elfelt showed his only feature titled ‘The Execution’ (Henrettelsen).
The Danish Film Institute @DanishFilm has a wonderful repertoire of Danish films including some by Peter Elfelt. Visit them here www.dfi.dk/en -30-
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THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF CINEMATOGRAPHY
An Illustrated Chronological History of the Development of Motion Pictures Leading to the Discovery of Cinematography in the 1800s
First edition published online in 1999 www.precinemahistory.net/index.html
VISIT MY INTERNET ARCHIVE CHANNEL
archive.org/details/precinemahistory.net
VISIT AND FOLLOW MY TWITTER ACCOUNT
SEE Daily posts of the 2nd edition of my work -32 years of research--where you will see the complete story of pre cinema. It can be found at Twitter -- Follow Us @RealPreCinema twitter.com/RealPreCinema
VISIT AND LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE AT MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL
ruclips.net/channel/UC7eFAkjJpgpqPw8La35RcQgfeatured
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