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The General · Beat 84 · permalink

Wooded area with trestle bridge

22:37–22:47 Released 1927; registered 1926

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Frame at 22:4022:40Frame at 22:4522:45

Play from 22:37 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 26 · shots 211–212. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
wooded area with trestle bridge (forest, exterior) evidence: frame:2
Seen
train [frame:1], W.&A.R.R. lettering [frame:1], trestle bridge [frame:2], figures on train roof [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense; themes: transportation, pursuit; style notes: silhouette framing, high-angle shot of train, wide shot of bridge, sepia-toned lighting

Two frames show a train with 'W.&A.R.R.' lettering and figures on its roof, followed by a view of a wooden trestle bridge in a wooded area. No people are named or audible, and no time of day or period is established.

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 22:40 (passage 22:37–22:47); US record: Copyright term expired

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