Life of an American Fireman
Life of an American Fireman

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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 . . .... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Life of an American Fireman:

Vivian Vaughan
James H. White
Arthur White
Edwin S. Porter

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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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User Review - 10/10 by Joe HThis 6 min. shot gave the birth to action in film. Life of an American Fireman is lodged for copyright in Washington on the 21st January 1903. A true mavrel of a film.
User Review - 10/10 by KJ PIn the very first film of all time to ever show a multi-perspective shot, a fireman dreams of his family trapped in a house-fire and how they are saved by firemen! The scene shows the outside destruction of a home, followed by a transition to show in inside ruining a families lives. As they are saved by the fireman, the scene repeats a second time, showing the outside perspective of what happened that the audience didn't see the first time. Being a silent film, it is hard to love such a basic story, but seeing as it is the first film of it's kind, it is a very small piece of magnificent filmmaking!
User Review - 10/10 by Ian FExcellent proof of modern storytelling and editing! Very well done!
User Review - 8/10 by Joe DVery early film of firemen doing heroic rescues, albeit staged heroic rescues...
User Review - 8/10 by Derek LSo far, my favorite early 1900s silent short!

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