BIRTH OF AN OIL FIELD
methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oi wells. Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldstone; story, Norman Vizents; music director, Clarence Wheeler; animation, Miles Pike. Cast: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest, Smiley Burnette, Jack Mather
Registration MP3888 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-02-03
- Claimant
- Shell Oil Company, Inc
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1976-1978 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1978 (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 1976 or 1977 volume; volumes searched: 1976, 1977, 1978.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 1647–1660.
demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oi wells. Credits: Producer, George Pal; direc- tor, Duke Goldstone; story, Norman Vizents; music director, Clarence Wheeler; animation, Miles Pike. Cast: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest, Smiley Burnette, Jack Mather. © Shell Oil Company, Inc.; 3Feb49; MP3888.
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