Life of an American Fireman (1903)

Life of an American Fireman (1903)

1903-01-21 United States of America 7 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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...

Cast

Vivian Vaughan is The Girl
The Girl
James H. White is The Fire Chief
The Fire Chief
Arthur White is The Fireman
The Fireman
Edwin S. Porter is Policeman
Policeman

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