Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James White

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 eff...( read more  read more... )ect 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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Release Date: January 1, 1903

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  • September 24, 2009
    Excellent proof of modern storytelling and editing! Very well done!

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