Life of an American Fireman (movie)

Life of an American Fireman (movie)

  • User score: 6.1
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: George S. Fleming , Edwin S. Porter
  • Production companies: Edison Studios
  • Genre: Action
  • Release date: 1/21/1903
  • Run time: 7 min.

Movie description

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...

Actors

Vivian Vaughan

Vivian Vaughan

Role(s): The Girl

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James H. White

James H. White

Role(s): The Fire Chief

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Arthur White

Arthur White

Role(s): The Fireman

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Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Role(s): Policeman

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