SUNRISE SERENADES
olor, 16mm. Summary: Depicts the strange and unchanging pattern of ritualistic lovemaking of the prairie chicken, sage grouse, and the sharptail, showing how Indian tribes copied these rituals in their dances. Credits: Producer, Edgar M. Queeny; bird photography, Edgar M. Queeny; Charles W. Schwartz
Registration MP5036 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-12-01
- Claimant
- American Museum of Natural History
- 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, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 17829–17843.
color, 16mm. Summary: Depicts the strange and unchanging pattern of ritualistic love- making of the prairie chicken, sage grouse, and the sharptail, showing how Indian tribes copied these rituals in their dances. Credits: Producer, Edgar M. Queeny; bird photography, Edgar M. Queeny; Charles W. Schwartz. © American Museum of Natural History; 1Dec49; MP5036.
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