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BALLAD OF THE WEST

BALLAD OF THE WEST. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1950. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: Merle Travis sings ballads which interpret the life of the cowboys in the West. Credits: Ballads arranged and sung by Merle Travis

Registration MP462 No renewal found

Term began
1950-03-15
Claimant
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1977-1979 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
In the public domain since
1 January 1979 (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.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 31549–31561.

BALLAD OF THE WEST. Encyclopaedia 
Britannica Films, 1950. 2 reels, sd., 
b&w, 16mm. 

Summary: Merle Travis sings ballads 
which interpret the life of the cowboys in 
the West. 

Credits: Ballads arranged and sung 
by Merle Travis. 

© Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.; 
15Mar50; MP462. 

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