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The General · Beat 116 · permalink

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34:01–34:58 Released 1927; registered 1926

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 1 quote checked against the transcript; 2 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 1 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 34:2934:29

Play from 34:01 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 42 · shots 274–274. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • dark clothing, seated or crouched, partially obscured by foliage visible
  • light-colored garment, standing or kneeling behind p1, partially obscured visible
Seen happening
  • Two figures are positioned among foliage in a static shot. [frame:1]
Seen
foliage [frame:1], ground with natural debris [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: solemn or ritualistic, suggested by the word 'Amen' and the static, obscured figures; themes: ritual, obscured interaction; style notes: static medium shot, high contrast lighting typical of silent film, figures partially obscured by natural elements

A single frame from a silent film shows two figures in an outdoor setting with foliage. A transcript line says 'Amen' at 34:11, suggesting a spoken or intertitle moment, but no names or specific actions are established.

“Amen.” 34:11 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

Copyright term expired The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from The General (1927) at 34:29 (passage 34:01–34:58); US record: Copyright term expired

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