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The General · Beat 147 · permalink

Warehouse

42:31–42:41 Released 1927; registered 1926

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Frame at 42:3642:36

Play from 42:31 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 58 · shots 331–331. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
warehouse (warehouse, interior) evidence: frame:1
Seen
barrel, crates, window, snowy landscape, distant structure
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: still and quiet; themes: industrial setting, winter, isolation; style notes: static composition, low-key lighting, wide shot showing depth

A single frame shows a dimly lit interior with barrels, crates, and a window view of a snowy landscape with a distant structure. No people or spoken dialogue are 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 42:36 (passage 42:31–42:41); US record: Copyright term expired

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