Life of an American Fireman
Jan 21 1903
•0h 7m
•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...
Cast
See allVivian Vaughan
The Girl
James H. White
The Fire Chief
Arthur White
The Fireman
Edwin S. Porter
Policeman
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