Life of an American Fireman

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Life of an American Fireman

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...

Release Date

1903-01-21

Year

1903

Duration

7m

Status

Released

Score

6.00

Genres

Cast

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Vivian Vaughan

The Girl

James H. White

James H. White

The Fire Chief

Arthur White

Arthur White

The Fireman (uncredited)

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Policeman