Life of an American Fireman (1903)
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...
Cast
- Vivian Vaughan as The Girl
- James H. White as The Fire Chief
- Arthur White as The Fireman (uncredited)
- Edwin S. Porter as Policeman