Life of an American Fireman

Life of an American Fireman
Life of an American Fireman
	Opening scene from the film
Directed by	Edwin S. Porter
Starring	Arthur White; Vivian Vaughan
Distributed by	Edison Manufacturing Company
Release date	1903
Country	United States

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.^[1] Movie expert Charles Musser points out that this movie shows that the social role of firefighters was changing at the time it was made.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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.

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[musser-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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.

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