Life of an American Fireman 1903

its called parralell editing.

Technically speaking, any footage that shows a passage of time has a narrative; however obscure. What we are really talking about is who pioneered the montage.

this is the "copyright version"

I believe the intercut version was done by D.w. Griffith.

That's nice.. Ruin the whole house for a cellar fire. LOL Had that been real, in 1903, half of them probably would have been carrying household goods out of the home.

George Meilies' The Conjeur in 1895 was the first film to include a narrative.

Do you mean the Conjurer from 1899?

Yeah, the media course I am studing said its acceptable to use 1895 or 1899.
Eitther way, that was the first ever film that had included a narrative.

Well, I think that your media course has misinformed you. I teach film at University and I would say that it is careless of your tutor to say that it is acceptable to put "The Conjurer" within a possible 4 years and say that it was definitely the first narritive film. It is generally acknowledged that it was released in 1899. The Cabbage Fairy by Alice Guy Blache, however, was released in 1896 and is considered by many to be the first narritive film. Look it up.

he also did 'a trip to the moon' in 1914. im doing all of this for an assignment at college. its pretty hard.