Bears

BEARS. 1933. 1 reel.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2028: registration MP3887 of 1933 by Eastman Teaching Films, Inc was renewed (R257219); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2029.

Finding revision 2b0b33bf, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration MP3887 Renewed

Term began: 1933-01-12
Claimant: Eastman Teaching Films, Inc
Author: C. E. Baer, author
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R257219 filed 1960-05-18 by University of Chicago (number+date; CCE 1960, OCR line 17922)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2029 (95 years from the 1933 publication)

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A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal R257219 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: University of Chicago (PWH)
Renewal date: 1960-05-18
Original cited: M3887 / 12Jan33
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1960: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3141213libr, OCR text line 17922

Mayer, Inc. (PWH); 19May60; R257277. 
BEARS, a motion picture in one reel by 
C, E, Baer. © 12Jan33; M3887, Uni- 
versity of Chicago (PWH); 18May60; 
R257219. 
BEAUTY SPOTS, a motion picture in one

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 13907–13911.

  BEARS. 1933. 1 reel.

    © Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. (C. E. Baer, author); 12Jan33;
    MP3887.

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