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

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

Stuck behind Union lines having recklessly pursued his girlfriend (Marion Mack) and the stolen train on which she rode, engineer Johnnie (un-credited writer, director and star Buster Keaton) learns of the enemy’s alarming plans, in The General, 1927.

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) 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.