12, 1949
. May 16, 1949. 16-to-1 shot [Ponder] wins Kentucky Derby thriller. Shanghai under siege, Amazing pictures of Mt. Vesuvius' crater. Princess Margaret goes Sailing at Capri, The Collins quads. Variety Clubs honor Herbert Hoover, Fire razes $5, 000, 000 Hollywood park, Wenatchee apple blossom festival
Registration MP4598 (part 77: May 16, 1949) No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-05-16
- Claimant
- —
- 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 39106–39115.
77. May 16, 1949. 16-to-1 shot [Ponder] wins Kentucky Derby thriller. Shanghai under siege, Amazing pictures of Mt. Vesuvius' crater. Princess Margaret goes Sailing at Capri, The Collins quads. Variety Clubs honor Herbert Hoover, Fire razes $5, 000, 000 Hollywood park, Wenatchee apple blossom festival, © 16May49; MP4598,.
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