Great Train Robbery Editing

What was significant about the great train robbery in editing?

The Great Film Robbery was significant, because almost all of the scenes in the film are photographed in full or long shots with all of the action in the scene occurring within  continuous takes that lasted long enough to make the point of the story. The editing was also less primal and basic than in Life of an American Fireman, the assembly of the scenes also being more cinematic.