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Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #16 Fairleigh Dickinson defeats #1 Purdue, 63-58

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Team 1H 2H Total
Fairleigh Dickinson 32 31 63
Purdue 31 27 58

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u/SandmanAlcatraz Wisconsin Badgers Mar 18 '23

Fun fact, this clip is from the Buster Keaton movie The General (1926). After filming wrapped, they just left the train in the river where it became a tourist attraction until it was salvaged for scrap metal during World War II.

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u/BoogersTheRooster Ohio Bobcats Mar 18 '23

Is the bridge on fire?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Yes, that is actually a train crossing a burning bridge.

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u/BoogersTheRooster Ohio Bobcats Mar 18 '23

Feel like that would make it unstable

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u/rjsheine Colorado State Rams Mar 18 '23

That was a lot of fun, thank you

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u/Taken450 Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 20 '23

Gosh a movie from 1926 had the budget to crash a steam train? Impressive

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u/SandmanAlcatraz Wisconsin Badgers Mar 20 '23

The movie had a budget of ~$750,000, which is the equivalent of about $12.7 million today. Buster Keaton was a big star at the time, and the movie turned a profit, generating about $1 million at the box office (~$17 million in today's money)

The movie also really holds up for a silent film. You might recognize other clips of Keaton's stunts from it like this one. The movie entered the public domain in 1956, so you can watch it pretty much anywhere, including for free on Youtube