Life of an American Fireman

IMDb 6.0 1903 • 7 min • Action

Director

Edwin S. Porter

Country

US

Plot Summary

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...

Top Cast

Vivian Vaughan
Vivian Vaughan The Girl
James H. White
James H. White The Fire Chief
Arthur White
Arthur White The Fireman (uncredited)
Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter Policeman