PROSPECTING FOR PETROLEUM
n, sponsored by the Shell Oil Co., Inc., 1948. 26 min., sd., color, 16mm. Summary: The story of petroleum: how it was formed through ages of geological change, and how it is found, extracted, and put to use by man today. Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldston; animation, Erwin Broner
Registration LP1778 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1948-02-12
- Claimant
- Shell Oil Co., Inc
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1975-1977 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1977 (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 1975 or 1976 volume; volumes searched: 1975, 1976, 1977.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1948, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig321213lib (OCR text), lines 27755–27766.
tion, sponsored by the Shell Oil Co., Inc., 1948. 26 min., sd., color, 16mm. Summary: The story of petroleum: how it was formed through ages of geological change, and how it is found, extracted, and put to use by man today. Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldston; animation, Erwin Broner. © Shell Oil Co., Inc.; 12Feb48; LP1778.
Copies on the Internet Archive
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