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The General · Beat 37 · permalink

Train

9:33–9:52 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 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 1 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 9:359:35Frame at 9:419:41Frame at 9:469:46Frame at 9:509:50

Play from 9:33 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 15 · shots 90–93. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
train (train, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • man in dark hat and coat, visible from behind in train cab visible
  • group of men in light-colored uniforms or work clothes, standing on train cars visible
Seen happening
  • A train with people on its cars is shown moving past a station building. [frame:1]
  • The train continues moving, with people visible on its side and rear cars. [frame:2]
  • The train moves past a platform where a few people stand. [frame:3]
  • A man is seen from behind, operating the train from its cab. [frame:4]
Seen
train [frame:1], train station building [frame:1], railroad tracks [frame:2], platform [frame:3]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: neutral, observational; themes: transportation, movement, railroad; style notes: static wide shots, sepia-toned, medium-long framing, consistent lighting

A train is shown with people on its cars and in its cab, moving through a station or yard. No dialogue or on-screen text is present in this segment.

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 9:35 (passage 9:33–9:52); US record: Copyright term expired

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