General, The (1927) - (Movie Clip) Nothing On Earth Can Stop Us

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Big Shanty

Johnnie (director and star Buster Keaton) gets his train stolen by Yankee spies, his ex-girl Annabelle (Marion Mack) aboard, and gives chase, in Keaton's 1927 masterpiece The General.

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Disgrace To The South

Johnnie (director and star Buster Keaton) is thwarted in his attempt to join the Confederate army, girlfriend Annabelle (Marion Mack) not buying his legitimate excuse, early in The General, 1927.

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Cannon

Engineer Johnnie (director and star Buster Keaton) has hijacked a cannon, which gives him problems, as he chases the Yankees who've stolen his locomotive, in The General, 1927.

General, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Fort Sumter Has Been Fired Upon!

From the top, Buster Keaton introduces himself, as Civil War-era Georgia engineer Johnnie, his beloved train and his girlfriend Annabelle (Marion Mack), then her father (Charles Smith) and fervent brother (Frank Barnes), in a historic moment, in The General, 1927.