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1:20:56–1:21:23 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; 4 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 2 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 1:20:571:20:57Frame at 1:21:021:21:02Frame at 1:21:121:21:12Frame at 1:21:181:21:18

Play from 1:20:56 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 153 · shots 782–786. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, interior) evidence: frame:2
People
  • silhouetted profile, dark hair, wearing a light-colored shirt visible
  • lower body visible, wearing dark pants and shoes, standing near smoke visible
  • lower body visible, wearing light-colored pants and dark shoes, standing near smoke visible
  • unseen, voice heard audible
Seen happening
  • A hand is visible gripping a wooden post in darkness. [frame:1]
  • Smoke rises from a fire outside a house window; a person stands inside. [frame:2]
  • A person is seen in silhouette in profile, looking toward the right. [frame:3]
  • Two people stand near rising smoke outside at night. [frame:4]
Seen
wooden post [frame:1], smoke [frame:2], window with shutters [frame:2], furniture (chair or table) [frame:2], fire [frame:4]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense; themes: isolation, emergency; style notes: high-contrast black-and-white lighting, tight framing on figures and smoke, use of silhouette and shadow to obscure detail

A person is seen in silhouette near a window while smoke rises from a fire outside; another person is visible near the smoke. A voice shouts 'Get over here, man!' during the sequence.

“Get over here, man!” 81:16 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 1:20:57 (passage 1:20:56–1:21:23)

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