Life of an American Fireman (1903)

Name: Life of an American Fireman
Genre: Action
Released: 1903-01-21
Duration: 7 min
Rating: 6.0

Action

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...

Duration

7 min

Rating

⭐ 6.0 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 21, 1903

Languages

No Language

Production

Edison Manufacturing Company