Public Reel

QUICKSAND (1950)

76 shots over 1:19:02, read from the Internet Archive copy Quicksand_clear (Quicksand.mp4, 640×480, 29.97 fps). Shot boundaries by PySceneDetect's adaptive detector; each frame links to the Archive's player at that second. Registry dossier: QUICKSAND No renewal found. JSON

Measurements: black-and-white film on its keyframes (0 of 76 shots judged colour), average shot 62.4s long, a frontal face detected in 30% of keyframes. Shots are detected automatically and each is represented by its midpoint frame.

The video itself is not here and never will be; only the shot list, one small frame per shot, and text read off the frames by OCR. The status badge is the registry's finding about the copyright record, which is separate from whether this particular Archive copy is the film it says it is.
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0 0:00–6:21 381.5s similar
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1 6:21–7:10 49.2s similar
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2 7:10–8:12 62.0s similar
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7 8:58–9:05 7.5s similar
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8 9:05–9:08 2.5s similar
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9 9:08–17:33 504.9s similar
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10 17:33–17:43 10.2s similar
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11 17:43–17:46 3.6s similar
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12 17:46–18:27 40.2s similar
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13 18:27–18:30 3.7s similar
Vis wl Buys any watch in this window
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15 18:39–19:36 57.0s similar
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18 22:22–23:09 46.9s similar
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20 27:53–30:27 154.3s similar
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CASHIER CHANGE GET HERE
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CHANGE HERE
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28 41:29–47:05 335.8s similar
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AL PIER ALLOWED THIS
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CAST OF CHARACTERS Dan. ROONEY Vera JEANNE Nick TAYLOR HOLMES ART SMITH Chuck WALLY CASSELL RICHARD LANE Lt. Nelson Millie PATSY