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The General · Beat 48 · permalink

Railroad tracks

12:38–12:50 Released 1927; registered 1926

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Frame at 12:4412:44

Play from 12:38 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 16 · shots 125–125. 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
train car [frame:1], railroad tracks [frame:1]
On screen
W.B.A.R.R.
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: neutral; style notes: static shot, low-resolution film, dim ambient lighting

A train car marked 'W.B.A.R.R.' is visible on tracks in a dimly lit outdoor setting. 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 12:44 (passage 12:38–12:50); US record: Copyright term expired

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