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James Simmons Freer (4 January 1855 – 22 December 1933) was a Canadian film-making pioneer. Born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire Freer was a newspaper reporter who emigrated to Manitoba, Canada in 1888 from Bristol and became a farmer, settling south of Winnipeg, in the Brandon Hills district. Less than two years after the Lumière Brothers exhibited the first film in France, Freer became the first Canadian filmmaker. He made films about the Canadian prairies, especially themes of farming and railways, which were shown as early as 1897. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company noticed Freer's films and began to tour them throughout the United Kingdom in an effort to promote immigration to Canada. Ten Years in Manitoba was shown through the British Isles in 1898.

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  • James Freer (* 4. Januar 1855 in Bristol; † Dezember 1933 in Winnipeg) war ein kanadischer Film-Pionier. James Freer wurde im englischen Bristol geboren. Freer war zunächst Zeitungsreporter und wanderte 1888 nach Manitoba (Kanada) aus. Dort ließ er sich als Farmer im Süden von Brandon nieder. Im Jahr 1897, nur kurze Zeit später als die Brüder Lumière, die 1895 einen der ersten Filme in Frankreich dem Publikum vorgeführt hatten, wurde Freer der erste kanadische Filmemacher. Er drehte Filme über die kanadische Prärie, wobei er sich auf Landwirtschaft und Züge spezialisiert hatte. Die Canadian Pacific Railway Company, die von Freers Filmen Kenntnis bekam, zeigte diese auf einer Tour durch das Vereinigte Königreich, um die Einwanderung nach Kanada zu fördern. Der Film Ten Years in Manitoba (Zehn Jahre in Manitoba) wurde auf den britischen Inseln im Jahr 1898 gezeigt. Die Aufführungen waren so erfolgreich, dass 1902 eine zweite Tour mit Freers Filmen stattfand. Diese sponserte Sir Clifford Sifton, der kanadischen Innenminister, der die Einwanderung in den kanadischen Westen, vor allem aus englischsprachigen Ländern, eifrig unterstützte. Diese Tour war jedoch weniger erfolgreich, da bekannt wurde, dass Freer in seinen Filmen die Moskitoplage und die kalten Winter in Manitoba verharmlost hatte. Damit endete Freers Filmkarriere. Danach arbeitete er für die Zeitung Winnipeg Free Press. Im Jahr 1933 starb er im Alter von 78 Jahren in Winnipeg. (de)
  • James Simmons Freer (4 January 1855 – 22 December 1933) was a Canadian film-making pioneer. Born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire Freer was a newspaper reporter who emigrated to Manitoba, Canada in 1888 from Bristol and became a farmer, settling south of Winnipeg, in the Brandon Hills district. Less than two years after the Lumière Brothers exhibited the first film in France, Freer became the first Canadian filmmaker. He made films about the Canadian prairies, especially themes of farming and railways, which were shown as early as 1897. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company noticed Freer's films and began to tour them throughout the United Kingdom in an effort to promote immigration to Canada. Ten Years in Manitoba was shown through the British Isles in 1898. The tour was so successful that a second tour of Freer's films took place in 1902. The second tour was sponsored by Sir Clifford Sifton, Canadian Minister of the Interior, who was eager to promote immigration to the Canadian west, especially those from English speaking countries. The second trip was not as successful a recruiting device because people had heard that Freer had downplayed Manitoba's mosquito problem and cold winters. This ended his film career and he later worked for the Winnipeg Free Press and died in Winnipeg in 1933. (en)
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  • Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (en)
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  • December 1933 (en)
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  • James Freer (en)
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  • James Freer (* 4. Januar 1855 in Bristol; † Dezember 1933 in Winnipeg) war ein kanadischer Film-Pionier. James Freer wurde im englischen Bristol geboren. Freer war zunächst Zeitungsreporter und wanderte 1888 nach Manitoba (Kanada) aus. Dort ließ er sich als Farmer im Süden von Brandon nieder. Im Jahr 1897, nur kurze Zeit später als die Brüder Lumière, die 1895 einen der ersten Filme in Frankreich dem Publikum vorgeführt hatten, wurde Freer der erste kanadische Filmemacher. Er drehte Filme über die kanadische Prärie, wobei er sich auf Landwirtschaft und Züge spezialisiert hatte. Die Canadian Pacific Railway Company, die von Freers Filmen Kenntnis bekam, zeigte diese auf einer Tour durch das Vereinigte Königreich, um die Einwanderung nach Kanada zu fördern. Der Film Ten Years in Manitoba (Ze (de)
  • James Simmons Freer (4 January 1855 – 22 December 1933) was a Canadian film-making pioneer. Born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire Freer was a newspaper reporter who emigrated to Manitoba, Canada in 1888 from Bristol and became a farmer, settling south of Winnipeg, in the Brandon Hills district. Less than two years after the Lumière Brothers exhibited the first film in France, Freer became the first Canadian filmmaker. He made films about the Canadian prairies, especially themes of farming and railways, which were shown as early as 1897. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company noticed Freer's films and began to tour them throughout the United Kingdom in an effort to promote immigration to Canada. Ten Years in Manitoba was shown through the British Isles in 1898. (en)
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