At the Picnic

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2013: the full term of registration LU11564 of 1917 by International Film Service, Inc has run out.

Finding revision f5d6d4a8, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration LU11564 Copyright term expired

Term began: 1917-10-16
Claimant: International Film Service, Inc
Class: LU — unpublished photoplay
Finding: copyright term began 1917-10-16; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since: 1 January 2013 (maximum 95-year term from 1917)

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The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 9517–9521.

  AT THE PICNIC. (Happy Hooligan) © 1917.

    © International Film Service, Inc.; title, descr. & 12 prints,
    16Oct17; LU11564.

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