Glimpses of tree branches, sky and crawling insects are interrupted by a distant cannon shot which sends him running through a forest, then along a linear and orderly lane.
The scene cuts back to his body hanging from the bridge, his entire escape and reunion with his wife revealed to be an illusion experienced in the moment of the drop.
Famed jazz drummer Kenny Clarke was among the musicians for the film, and contributed the drum solo accompaniment to Farquhar's escape through the forest.
The episode's introduction is notable for Rod Serling breaking the fourth wall even more than usual, as he explains how the film was shot overseas and later picked up to air as part of The Twilight Zone.
This is the stuff of fantasy, the thread of imagination ... the ingredients of the Twilight Zone.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.