| Fire Engines at Work(1900) United States of America
 B&W : 50 feet
 Directed by (unknown)
 Cast: (unknown) The Selig Polyscope Company production; distributed by The Selig Polyscope Company. / [?] 35mm spherical format? Documentary: Actuality. Synopsis: [From 1903 Selig promotional materials] You have all seen fire engines running to a fire, and many of them. It remained for us to produce the first moving picture of a fire engine at work right in the midst of a great fire, showing the engineer attending to his engine, the great monster puffing and snorting and emitting cinders and smoke at a great rate. This is a fine picture, because it is true to life. Try this, and please your audience. Survival status: (unknown) Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Listing updated: 28 January 2010. References: Musser-Emerge pp. 291, 602 : Website-AFI. |