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UNDER WATER FIREARMS

UNDER WATER FIREARMS. Alonzo Rodrick Eastman, 1949. 12 min., si., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A demonstration of under water firearms

Registration MP4703 No renewal found

Term began
1949-07-27
Claimant
N. B. Defender (legal name: Alonzo Rodrick Eastman)
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)

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1949, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri331213libr (OCR text), lines 38018–38026.

UNDER WATER FIREARMS. Alonzo Rod- 
rick Eastman, 1949. 12 min., si., b&w, 
16mm. 

Summary: A demonstration of under 
water firearms. 

© N. B. Defender (legal name: Alonzo 
Rodrick Eastman); 27Jul49; MP4703. 

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