Police Chasing Scorching Auto (1906)

1906 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter

• Action
• Crime

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Synopsis

Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once that film had been edited to fit a standard 1,000 foot reel, this sequence was left over, so it was sold as a separate short.

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Details

Director

Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter

Studio

Edison Manufacturing Company

Released

1906-01-20

Running time

3 minutes

Cast & crew

• WWallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter Director

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