Life of an American Fireman 1903 Directed by George S. Fleming , Edwin S. Porter
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...
Language
English
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Action
Production Company
Edison Studios
Release Date 21 January 1903
7 mins
Cast
Vivian Vaughan
The Girl
James H. White
The Fire Chief
Arthur White
The Fireman (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter
Policeman