Public Reel

night_of_the_living_dead_dvd · Beat 354 · permalink

Forest

1:32:53–1:33:06 Released 1968

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 3 quotes 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 1:32:581:32:58Frame at 1:33:051:33:05

Play from 1:32:53 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 186 · shots 941–942. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
forest (forest, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • Vince (named at t:92:54): man wearing a hat, light shirt, dark jacket, and bandolier visible, audible
  • man in light shirt, partially visible on left visible
  • man in dark clothing, partially visible behind p1 visible
Seen happening
  • A broken window is visible. [frame:2]
Also said
“Okay, he's dead. Let's go get him. That's another one for the fire.” 93:02
Seen
bandolier [frame:1], broken window [frame:2], hat [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and decisive; themes: survival, group decision-making under pressure, violence as routine; style notes: black-and-white, medium shot of characters outdoors, high contrast lighting, static framing

A man in a hat and bandolier gives an order to shoot, and after the shot, the group confirms the target is dead and plans to dispose of the body. A broken window is visible in a separate shot.

“All right, Vince. Hit him in the head. Right between the eyes.” 92:54 · “Good shot.” 93:00 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.

Share

Paste the permalink anywhere that shows link previews and it carries the frame, the time and the finding. The card image can be saved and used with a credit.

Frame from night_of_the_living_dead_dvd (1968) at 1:32:58 (passage 1:32:53–1:33:06)

Permalink
always the current cut
Permalink to this version
warns if the beats are recut later
Card image
https://publicreel.org/cards/moment/night_of_the_living_dead_dvd/b354.png
Figure for a newsletter or page
Cite