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File:Life of an American Fireman (original uncut version).webm

Life_of_an_American_Fireman_(original_uncut_version).webm ‎(WebM audio/video file, VP9, length 6 min 58 s, 599 × 446 pixels, 1.26 Mbps overall, file size: 62.64 MB)

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English: Life of an American Fireman is a short, silent film Edwin S. Porter made for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It was shot late in 1902 and distributed early in 1903. One of the earliest American narrative films, it depicts the rescue of a woman and child from a burning building.
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Source https://archive.org/details/silent-life-of-an-american-fireman
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Edwin Stanton Porter  (1870–1941)  wikidata:Q347864 s:en:Author:Edwin Stanton Porter
 
Edwin Stanton Porter
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Birth name: Edwin Stanton Porter; Edwin S. Porter
Description American filmmaker
Date of birth/death 21 April 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 30 April 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Philadelphia Category:New York
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United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q347864

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