Public Reel

THE MAGNET

THE MAGNET. (The Pirro Series, no. 5) Gateway Productions, Inc., 1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: Pat shows his puppet, Pirro, how a magnet works. Credits; Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon

Registration LP2342 No renewal found

Term began
1949-01-26
Claimant
Gateway Productions, Inc
Class
LP — published 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.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number LP2342.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 7536–7547.

THE MAGNET. (The Pirro Series, no. 5) 
Gateway Productions, Inc., 1949. 10 min., 
sd., b&w, 16mm. 

Summary: Pat shows his puppet, Pirro, 
how a magnet works. 

Credits; Directed and written by Alvin 
J. Gordon. 

© Gateway Productions, Inc.; 26Jan49 
(in notice: 1948); LP2342. 

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The Magnet19503,620Comedy_Films, feature_films

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