Life of an American Fireman

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Released: Jan 21, 1903

Runtime: 0h 7m

Rating: ⭐ 6 / 10

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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...