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Bedroom

13:17–13:30 Released 1968

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 1 name checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 3 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 13:2013:20Frame at 13:2613:26Frame at 13:2913:29Frame at 13:3013:30

Play from 13:17 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 37 · shots 133–136. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
bedroom (bedroom, interior) evidence: frame:4
People
  • indistinct figure, possibly wearing light clothing, moving rapidly visible
Seen happening
  • A figure is visible in motion near a window in a dark room. [frame:1]
  • A bright light source illuminates a vertical structure, possibly a window or door frame. [frame:2]
  • Two bright, out-of-focus circular lights are visible against a dark background. [frame:3]
  • A figure moves rapidly past a bedpost in a dimly lit room. [frame:4]
Seen
bedpost [frame:4], window or door frame [frame:2]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and chaotic; themes: confinement, fear, unseen threat; style notes: high-contrast black and white, overexposed lighting, rapid motion blur, tight framing

A figure is seen in a dark interior, moving near a window and a bedpost; the scene is lit by a bright, overexposed light source. No dialogue or named characters are present in this segment.

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 13:20 (passage 13:17–13:30)

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