Life of an American Fireman
1903•7m•6.0•Released
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...
Director
Edwin S. Porter
Languages
No Language
Studio
Edison Manufacturing Company
Cast
Vivian Vaughan
The Girl
James H. White
The Fire Chief
Arthur White
The Fireman (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter
Policeman
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