Overview

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

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

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What is "Life of an American Fireman" about?

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...

When was "Life of an American Fireman" released?

Life of an American Fireman was released in 1903.

Who stars in "Life of an American Fireman"?

The cast includes Vivian Vaughan, James H. White, Arthur White, Edwin S. Porter.

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