SMOKE EATERS
SMOKE EATERS. (This Is America, no, 13). RKO Pathe, Inc., 1947. 17 min,, sd., béw., 35mm. Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Harry W. Smith; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Nathaniel Shilkret
Registration MP2408 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1947-10-17
- Claimant
- RKO Pathe, Inc., New York
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1974-1976 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1976 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)
A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.
A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1974 or 1975 volume; volumes searched: 1974, 1975, 1976.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1947, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig31121libr (OCR text), lines 20880–20889.
SMOKE EATERS. (This Is America, no, 13). RKO Pathe, Inc., 1947. 17 min,, sd., béw., 35mm. Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Harry W. Smith; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Nathaniel Shilkret, © RKO Pathe, Inc., New York; 170ct47; MP2408,
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