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...
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Director & Crew
Edwin S. Porter
Director
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Life of an American Fireman was directed by Edwin S. Porter and released in 1903.
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Life of an American Fireman has a runtime of 0 hours and 7 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1903-01-21
- Status
- Released