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1:27:18–1:27:29 Released 1968

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 2 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 1:27:191:27:19Frame at 1:27:221:27:22Frame at 1:27:251:27:25Frame at 1:27:281:27:28

Play from 1:27:18 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 171 · shots 897–900. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, interior) evidence: frame:1, frame:2, frame:3, frame:4
People
  • man, wearing light-colored shirt, lying on ground, appears injured or deceased, face pale, eyes open visible
  • man, wearing light-colored shirt, standing, looking down, face partially lit, expression serious visible
Seen happening
  • A man lies on the ground, motionless, with visible injuries on his face. [frame:1]
  • A man stands in a dark space, looking downward, illuminated by a narrow light source. [frame:2]
  • A man lies on the ground near a wall with tools hanging on it, in a dimly lit room. [frame:3]
  • A man lies on the ground, eyes open, with a dark stain on his shirt near the abdomen. [frame:4]
Seen
tools [frame:3], shirt [frame:1, frame:2, frame:3, frame:4], dark stain [frame:4]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and grim; themes: death, isolation, survival; style notes: high-contrast black-and-white lighting, tight framing on faces and bodies, minimal background detail, creating a claustrophobic and somber atmosphere

A man lies on the ground in a dark, confined space, appearing injured or deceased. Another man stands nearby, looking down, in a dimly lit environment with minimal visible objects.

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 1:27:19 (passage 1:27:18–1:27:29)

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