← Khaled Messai

Vetinari

video understanding

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Steamboat Willie (1928), Walt Disney / Ub Iwerks. public domain (US, since 2024). Excerpt, no sound.

What it saw

  1. A black-and-white cartoon steamboat with a smokestack sails on water under a dark cloud at the start.
  2. cutMickey Mouse stands at the ship's wheel on the deck, steering while looking forward.
  3. Mickey leans back and laughs while steering
  4. Mickey raises one arm and waves while still at the wheel
  5. Mickey raises a steam whistle or pipe above his head
  6. cutThree odd cartoon objects stand on a deck against a grey smoky background as the scene changes.
  7. A cloud of smoke drops in from the top of the frame above the cartoon objects.
  8. The pointed-roof objects tilt and break apart, with debris flying.
  9. A puff of smoke appears over the middle object.
  10. cutMickey Mouse stands at the ship's wheel on the deck, with a bell hanging at the upper right and a life preserver on the wall.
  11. A dark cartoon figure with a long beak enters at the right edge of the frame.
  12. The dark figure's long arm stretches across the deck toward Mickey.
  13. The dark figure and Mickey become tangled together on the deck.
  14. The dark figure sits slumped at the centre-left while Mickey is at the far right, with his arm stretched out.
  15. Puffs of smoke appear at the left edge of the deck.
  16. The dark figure arches its body and tumbles upside down across the deck.
  17. cutA plain grey room with a doorway, a bucket on the floor, and a dark bird-like figure perched on a stand.
  18. Mickey Mouse appears in the doorway, holding up a tool.
  19. The same grey room continues, with the parrot on its stand at left and Mickey Mouse near a bucket at right.
  20. Mickey Mouse appears beside the bucket at the right of the room.
  21. cutA close-up shows the dark parrot perched on a wooden bar, turning its head and beak.
  22. cutThe wide view of the grey room returns, with the parrot on its stand, Mickey Mouse and a bucket on the floor.
  23. Liquid spills from the tipped bucket onto the floor.
  24. A thin dark line appears across the floor near the right edge.
  25. cutMickey Mouse stands at the ship's wheel with a bell and a life preserver visible, as a new shot after the parrot room.
  26. Mickey is tangled with the dark figure, whose cape has a white star on it.
  27. cutA close-up of a dark-capped cartoon face grinning beside a dark flag with a white star, with the mouth opening wide.
  28. The face opens its mouth very wide, showing rows of teeth and a tongue.
  29. cutA tight close-up of the same dark-capped cartoon face against a plain grey wall, with a frowning, tight-lipped expression and then gritted teeth.
  30. The face clenches its teeth in a strained grimace.
  31. The face bares gritted teeth in a wide grin.
  32. cutPete, the dark-capped cat, stands at the ship's wheel in a wide shot with a bell and a life preserver visible, waving and turning from side to side.
  33. Pete raises one long dark arm and waves it toward the wheel.
  34. Pete's body tumbles and flips across the deck with dark arms flailing.
  35. Pete's dark arms and legs spread out in a tangle as he falls onto the deck.
  36. Pete lies on the deck with his arms and legs spread out.
  37. cutA black-and-white cartoon landing scene with a Po Dunk Landing sign, a black cow, a duck and crates on a dock, with a small white object moving around in the middle.
  38. A small white object with a dark stem appears over the crates in the middle of the scene
  39. cutA low-angle view of the black cow standing on a wooden plank in front of a grey sky, with a tag on its neck.
  40. cutA cow hangs from a dark rope at the top of the frame, its head open-mouthed on the right side.
  41. The cow opens its mouth wide
  42. cutThe black cow stands on the plank again with its tail raised, its white head on the right side of the frame.
  43. cutA black-and-white cartoon landing scene shows a black cow and a duck on a dock beside a cliff, and a steamboat approaches across the water from the right.
  44. A small dark object appears near the base of the cliff on the right.
  45. A tugboat with a smokestack and dark smoke appears on the water near the cliff.
  46. The tugboat comes closer to the centre of the frame, throwing up spray.
  47. The tugboat is now large in the centre with two smokestacks and a paddle wheel visible.
  48. A mast with a flag appears on the left side of the tugboat.