Life of an American Fireman

Life of an American Fireman

59.88% | Jan 21, 1903 | Action

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...

Featured Cast

George S. Fleming
Director
Edwin S. Porter
Director

Cast

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

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