Life of an American Fireman
1903 | 7m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Edwin S. Porter |
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| 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... | |
| Release Date: | Jan 21, 1903 |
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| Director: | Edwin S. Porter |
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| Genres: | Action |
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| Production Companies | Edison Manufacturing Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Vivian Vaughan | The Girl |
| James H. White | The Fire Chief |
| Arthur White | The Fireman (uncredited) |
| Edwin S. Porter | Policeman |
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| Edwin S. Porter | Director |
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