Life of an American Fireman (1903)

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...

Genres: Action

Stars: Vivian Vaughan, James H. White, Arthur White, Edwin S. Porter

Release Date: 1903-01-21

Country: United States of America

Ratings: 6 / 10 (128 votes)

Runtime: 7 mins