Life of an American Fireman (1903)

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...

Released

1903-01-21

Genres

Action

Runtime

7 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Edwin S. Porter

TMDB rating

6.0/10 from 133 votes