
Life of an American Fireman
Synopsis
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...
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Title:
Life of an American Fireman
Latest releases:
Jan. 21, 1903
Country of origin:
United States of America
Duration
7mn
Genres
Action
Actors
Vivian Vaughan,
James H. White,
Arthur White,
Edwin S. Porter
Source:
Public Domain via Wikipedia
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