The General - 1926 (HD): Silent Movie by Buster Keaton

The General is a American silent comedy-action Western film released by United Artists in 1926. Inspired by “the Great Locomotive Chase”, a true story of an event that occurred during the North American Civil War, extracted and adapted from the memoirs of William Pittenger (1889): The Great Locomotive Chase. The film stars Buster Keaton, who also co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.

The entire film was edited with Scott Joplin's music, one of the best North American composer of the 19th century. In 1954, the film entered the public domain in the United States because its claimant did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.