Life of an American Fireman

Life of an American Fireman is a silent movie. It was made by Edwin S. Porter. It was shot late in 1902. It was distributed early in 1903. It is one of the earliest American storytelling movies. It is about the rescue of a woman and child from a burning building. It has seven scenes and nine shots.Originally in Edison Films catalog, February 1903, 2-3; reproduced in Charles Musser, Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), 216-18. Movie expert Charles Musser points out that this movie shows that  the social role of firefighters was changing at the time it was made.

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Category:1903 movies
Category:American silent movies
Category:Movies directed by Edwin S. Porter