The Morning Alarm
About The Morning Alarm
On December 25, 1896, the Harrisburg fire bureau answers an alarm. A chief's buggy leads engines, hose carts, a hook and ladder, an insurance patrol, and a chemical engine. The horses come straight at the camera.
Cast & crew
More about The Morning Alarm
James H. White directed this Edison picture, filmed December 25, 1896. It was later mixed up with A Morning Alarm, shot in Newark on November 14, 1896. Edison catalog no. 105 also calls it Harrisburg fire run.
Themes
Look
The camera is set so the horse-drawn apparatus runs toward the lens.
Preservation
A 96-foot viewing print is at the Library of Congress.
Notes
- The Library of Congress viewing print is 96 feet and runs 51 seconds at 30 frames per second.
- It is included in the 2005 set Edison: The Invention of the Movies.
Also available
- Library of Congress (The Morning Alarm)
- Edison: The Invention of the Movies (2005)
