The Bears and Bees

THE BEARS AND BEES. (A Walt Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon, no. U. A. 1) 1932. 1 reel.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2027: registration MP3435 of 1932 by Walt Disney Productions, Ltd was renewed (R238785); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2028.

Finding revision ef8cf551, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration MP3435 Renewed

Term began: 1932-06-24
Claimant: Walt Disney Productions, Ltd
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R238785 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+date; CCE 1959, OCR line 36445)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2028 (95 years from the 1932 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 R238785 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: —
Renewal date: —
Original cited: M3435 / 24Jun32
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1959: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3131213li, OCR text line 36445

THE BEARS AND BEES, a motion picture in 
one reel by Walt Disney Productions. 
(Silly symphony cartoon) © 24Jun32; 
M3435. Walt Disney Productions 
(ae 297un59; R238785. 
THE BEARS AND BEES, a motion picture

Renewal R238783 (link: date+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Walt Disney Productions (PWH)
Renewal date: 1959-06-29
Original cited: M3396 / 24Jun32
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1959: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3131213li, OCR text line 36454

THE BEARS AND BEES, a motion picture 
in one reel by Walt Disney Produc-=- 
tions. (Silly symphony, no.U.A. 1) 
(A Mickey Mouse cartoon) 
© 24Jun32; M3396. Walt Disney Pro- 
ductions (PWH); 29Jun59; R238783. 
BEAU AND ARROWS, a motion picture in one 
reel by Universal Pictures Corp.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 13923–13927.

  THE BEARS AND BEES. (A Walt Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon, no. U. A.
    1) 1932. 1 reel.

    © Walt Disney Productions, Ltd.; 24Jun32; MP3435.

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