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1:05:45–1:06:07 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). 6 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 1:05:471:05:47Frame at 1:05:561:05:56Frame at 1:06:041:06:04Frame at 1:06:061:06:06

Play from 1:05:45 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: cutting rhythm changes. Sequence 82 · shots 512–515. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, exterior) evidence: frame:2
People
  • man wearing a hat and light-colored uniform, seated on steps visible
  • woman with dark hair, wearing a long dress, seated on steps visible
  • man in hat and uniform, standing near a table visible
  • woman in long dress and hat, standing near table visible
  • man in uniform, standing near doorway visible
  • man in uniform, standing near table, facing away visible
Seen happening
  • A man and a woman sit together on steps. [frame:1]
  • Three people stand outside a wooden building near a table. [frame:2]
  • On-screen text reads 'Enlist the Lieutenant.' [frame:3]
  • A group of five people stand outside a wooden building near a table. [frame:4]
Seen
wooden steps, wooden building with window, table and chairs, hats and uniforms, on-screen text: 'Enlist the Lieutenant.'
On screen
Enlist the Lieutenant.
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: neutral, procedural; themes: military enlistment, civilian interaction with military, period setting; style notes: static medium shots, sepia-toned, period costume, intertitle used for exposition

A man and a woman sit together on steps; later, a group stands outside a wooden building with a table, and on-screen text reads 'Enlist the Lieutenant.' No spoken dialogue 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 1:05:47 (passage 1:05:45–1:06:07); US record: Copyright term expired

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