SAFE EXIT
ware Co. © 1949. 20 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: Presents the need for adequate exits in combating the dangers of fire and panic, illustrating the function of panic exit hardware manufactured by the Von Duprin Division of the Vonnegut Hardware Co. Credits: Original story and script, Richard Weaver
Registration MU4246 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-06-13
- Claimant
- Vonnegut Hardware Co
- Class
- MU — unpublished motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)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 12156–12170.
Vonnegut Hardware Co. © 1949. 20 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: Presents the need for adequate exits in combating the dangers of fire and panic, illustrating the function of panic exit hardware manufactured by the Von Duprin Division of the Vonnegut Hardware Co. Credits: Original story and script, Richard Weaver. © Vonnegut Hardware Co.; title, descr., & 9 prints, 13Jun49; MU4246.
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