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The General · Beat 136 · permalink

Forest

40:08–40:49 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). 2 quotes checked against the transcript; 3 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 2 of 3 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 40:1240:12Frame at 40:3240:32

Play from 40:08 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 52 · shots 315–316. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
forest (forest, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • man in dark uniform, standing near train visible
  • man in dark uniform, standing near train visible
  • man in dark uniform, standing beside freight car visible
Seen happening
  • Two men stand near a train on tracks in a wooded area. [frame:1]
  • A man stands beside a freight car marked 'W.&A.R.R.'. [frame:2]
  • The train is stationary on tracks surrounded by trees. [frame:1]
Seen
train [frame:1], freight car with 'W.&A.R.R.' lettering [frame:2], railroad tracks [frame:1], trees [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: neutral; themes: railroad, outdoor setting, historical transportation; style notes: static wide shots, sepia-toned, natural outdoor lighting, period costume and props

A train is shown on tracks in a wooded area, with two men standing near it; a second frame shows a man standing beside a freight car marked 'W.&A.R.R.'.

“The” 40:12 · “Very great.” 40:38 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 40:12 (passage 40:08–40:49); US record: Copyright term expired

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