CinemaOSMovie · 1903 · 0h 7m

Life of an American Fireman

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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...

Directed byEdwin S. Porter

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 7m
Language
EN
Released
January 21, 1903
Studios
Edison Manufacturing Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

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

Creative team
Directed by
Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter

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