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Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray and Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee inside the cab of a steam locomotive in a scene from the silent film The General.

Scene from the 1927 film The General showing the burning Rock River Bridge collapsing as the locomotive The Texas falls into the river, with riders on horseback nearby.

Buster Keaton sitting on the floor with a film camera on top of him, as if the camera fell on Keaton.

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