Jan 21, 1903
7 min
Full-HD

Life of an American Fireman (1903)

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with their horse drawn pumper, arrive on the scene, and effect the safe rescue of a woman from the burning house. But wait, she tells them of her child yet asleep in the burning bedroom...

Category

Action

Country

United States of America

Companies

Edison Studios

Vivian Vaughan

The Girl

James H. White

The Fire Chief

Arthur White

The Fireman

Edwin S. Porter

Policeman

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