Police Chasing Scorching Auto
About Police Chasing Scorching Auto
A speeding automobile nearly hits a small child. Police take off after the car. The shot was left over when Life of an American Policeman was cut to a 1,000-foot reel, and Edison sold the leftover as its own short.
Cast & crew
More about Police Chasing Scorching Auto
Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon directed. The parent film, Life of an American Policeman, is a 1905 Edison picture. This chase was the sequence that would not fit the 1,000-foot release length.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- It is an outtake sold on its own, not a new story.
- The near-miss is a child in the street.
- Porter and McCutcheon share the direction credit on the Edison record.
- The parent film is Life of an American Policeman (1905).
Scenes
- The automobile misses the child and the police start after it.
Influenced by
- Life of an American Policeman (1905)
