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The General · Beat 144 · permalink

Railroad tracks

42:19–42:22 Released 1927; registered 1926

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Frame at 42:2042:20

Play from 42:19 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 56 · shots 328–328. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
railroad tracks (other, exterior) evidence: frame:1
Seen
steam locomotive [frame:1], water tower [frame:1], railroad tracks [frame:1], buildings in background [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: neutral; style notes: wide shot, sepia-toned, static camera, period locomotive in motion

A steam locomotive moves along tracks with figures visible on it; the background includes a water tower and buildings. No dialogue or on-screen text is present in this beat.

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 42:20 (passage 42:19–42:22); US record: Copyright term expired

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