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night_of_the_living_dead_dvd · Beat 236 · permalink

Field

1:10:13–1:10:34 Released 1968

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 1 quote checked against the transcript; 3 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.

Frame at 1:10:201:10:20Frame at 1:10:311:10:31

Play from 1:10:13 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech; cut falls inside a spoken line: no pause was available without exceeding the length cap. Sequence 110 · shots 666–667. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
field (field, exterior) evidence: frame:1
Time of day
night evidence: frame:1
People
  • adult, wearing light-colored shirt and dark pants, visible in frame 2 visible
  • adult, wearing dark shirt and light pants, holding a torch, visible in frame 2 visible
  • group of indistinct figures in background, visible in frame 1 visible
Seen happening
  • One person holds a torch while another restrains or assists them. [frame:2]
Seen
torch [frame:2], group of people [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense; themes: survival, group dynamics, nighttime danger; style notes: high-contrast black-and-white lighting, medium close-up on action, wide shot establishing group context

A group of people is gathered outdoors at night, illuminated by a torch. One person holds a torch while another appears to be restraining or assisting them.

“Watch the torch.” 70:26 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

Public domain through a copyright notice omitted on release in 1968, a rule this registry does not yet apply; the finding is the film's own documented history, not a catalog check. 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 night_of_the_living_dead_dvd (1968) at 1:10:20 (passage 1:10:13–1:10:34)

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