Synopsis
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...
Movie Information
- Director
- Edwin S. Porter
- Release Year
- 1903
- Runtime
- 7 minutes
- Genre
- Action
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (132 votes)
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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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