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2:09–2:27 Released 1927; registered 1926

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks flagged: quote not verbatim. 3 quotes checked against the transcript; 2 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 1 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

2:12

2:16

2:21

2:25

Play from 2:09 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 2 · shots 21–25. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place

other (other) evidence: frame:1

People

man in dark suit and bowler hat, medium build visible
woman in long patterned dress with puffed sleeves, dark hair styled up visible

Seen happening

The man and woman stand facing each other near a large wheel. [frame:4]

Also said

“'They wouldn't take me.'” 2:17

Seen

large wheel, woman's dress, man's suit

Interpretation

Model opinion, not evidence: mood: somber; themes: war, rejection, personal conflict; style notes: static medium shots, muted color palette, period costume, naturalistic framing

A man and a woman stand near a large wheel, possibly part of a train, and speak. The woman asks why he did not enlist, and he replies that they would not take him.

“Amen.” 2:11 · “'Why didn't you enlist?'” 2:13 automatic transcript, may be wrong

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 2:12 (passage 2:09–2:27); US record: Copyright term expired

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Cite: Public Reel, "The General (1927), 2:09–2:27", https://publicreel.org/moment/TheGeneral/b7, from Internet Archive item TheGeneral, retrieved 6 September 2026.

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