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night_of_the_living_dead_dvd · Beat 87 · permalink

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19:42–20:05 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; 2 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 19:4319:43Frame at 19:4919:49Frame at 19:5319:53Frame at 20:0220:02

Play from 19:42 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 46 · shots 208–213. 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
  • man, wearing a vest over a collared shirt, visible in close-up visible
  • figure in a light-colored shirt and dark pants, standing visible
  • figure in a light-colored suit, standing visible
Seen happening
  • A man is shown in close-up, looking downward. [frame:1]
  • Two figures stand over a body on the ground near a fire. [frame:2]
  • A fire burns brightly on the ground. [frame:3]
  • A figure stands in a doorway with a fire burning in front of it. [frame:4]
Seen
fire [frame:2, frame:3, frame:4], doorway [frame:4], body on ground [frame:2]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and ominous; themes: survival, threat, isolation; style notes: high-contrast black-and-white lighting, tight framing on faces and key actions, use of darkness to obscure surroundings

A man is shown in close-up, then two figures stand over a body near a fire, which is later seen burning near a doorway. A thud is heard at 20:00.

“*thud*” 20:00 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.

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Frame from night_of_the_living_dead_dvd (1968) at 19:43 (passage 19:42–20:05)

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