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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...

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Vivian VaughanVivian VaughanThe Girl
  • Photo of James H. WhiteJames H. WhiteThe Fire Chief
  • Photo of Arthur WhiteArthur WhiteThe Fireman (uncredited)
  • Photo of Edwin S. PorterEdwin S. PorterPoliceman

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