3, 1949
. Russia's atomic explosion rocks the western world. Homecoming clambake greets Shirley May France, Pole-sitting ball fan gives up; sets record. It's already 1950 in California bathing fashions. Behind the newsreel camera: the Empire State. Football: Michigan vs. Michigan State; Stanford vs. Harvard
Registration MP4911 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1949-10-03
- 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, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 20049–20059.
13. Oct. 3, 1949. Russia's atomic explosion rocks the western world. Homecoming clambake greets Shirley May France, Pole-sitting ball fan gives up; sets record. It's already 1950 in California bathing fashions. Behind the newsreel camera: the Empire State. Football: Michigan vs. Michigan State; Stanford vs. Harvard. © 30ct49; MP4911.
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