NICHOLAS
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. Coronet, 1949. 5 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: Retells in animation the story of the night-before-Christmas “ visit of St. Nicholas. Credits: Author, Crawley Films, Ltd
Registration MP185 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-11-03
- Claimant
- David A. Smart
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- 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 19810–19816.
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. Coronet, 1949. 5 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: Retells in animation the story of the night-before-Christmas “ visit of St. Nicholas. Credits: Author, Crawley Films, Ltd. © David A. Smart; 3Nov49; MP185.
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