Life of an American Fireman
January 21, 1903
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...More
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 and crew
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Edwin S. Porter
Director
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George S. Fleming
Director
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Vivian Vaughan
The Girl
James H. White
The Fire Chief
Arthur White
The Fireman
Edwin S. Porter
Policeman