The General John Newton in the Swedish film The Emigrants (1971). This scene (very late in the picture) depicts the crew members digging a grave for an infant that had died aboard the boat.
I believe the Newton also appeared in Jack Webb's 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues in a scene where a boat passes by a cemetery in a Louisiana bayou. The data below was from a website about the Newton's career as a showboat at St. Paul.
1899: The General John Newton, a 175-foot-long paddle wheeler, is commissioned. Over the years it serves as a maritime courthouse and is visited by at least four U.S. presidents.
1958: The University of Minnesota purchases the boat for $1 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and renames it the Minnesota Centennial Showboat in celebration of the state's 100th year. The showboat is anchored on the Mississippi River on the University's East Bank and opens with a production of Under the Gaslight.
January 2000: Fire destroys the Centennial Showboat during its renovation.
