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AFRICA SPEAKS

AFRICA SPEAKS. 1930. For Colorado African Expedition, Inc. 8 reels, sd.

Produced and filmed by Paul A. Hoefler and Walter A. Futter.

Registration LP1651 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-10-17
Claimant
Columbia Pictures Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-10-17; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2026 (maximum 95-year term from 1930)

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

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

Renewal claimant
Betty Futter (W)
Renewal date
Original cited
LP1651 / 170ct30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 44866
AFRICA SPEAKS, a photoplay in eight 
reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. 
Filmed by Paul A. Hoefler and Walter 
A, Futter. © 170ct30; LP1651, 
Betty Futter (W); 20ct58; R2228)6. 
THE AFRICAN DODGER, a photoplay in one 
reel by Paramount Publix Corp. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 2336–2343.

  AFRICA SPEAKS. 1930. For Colorado African Expedition, Inc. 8 reels,
    sd.

    Credits: Produced and filmed by Paul A. Hoefler and Walter A.
    Futter.

    © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 17Oct30; LP1651.

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