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Life of an American Fireman
Life of an American Fireman
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Life of an American Fireman

1903
Directed byEdwin S. Porter
0h 7m

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 VaughanThe GirlJames H. WhiteThe Fire ChiefArthur WhiteThe Fireman (uncredited)Edwin S. PorterPoliceman
DETAILS
GENRES
Action
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Edison Manufacturing Company
RATING
6.0

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