Public Reel

GROUSE OF THE GRASSLANDS

GROUSE OF THE GRASSLANDS. The American Museum of Natural History, 1950. 10 min., sd., color, 16mm. Summary: Presents scenes of the living and mating habits of the prairie chicken. Credits: Bird photography, Edgar M. Queen, Charles W. Schwartz

Registration LP296 No renewal found

Term began
1950-08-15
Claimant
The American Museum of Natural History
Class
LP — published 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.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1977 or 1978 volume; volumes searched: 1977, 1978, 1979.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1950, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri341213libr (OCR text), lines 36126–36137.

GROUSE OF THE GRASSLANDS. The 
American Museum of Natural History, 
1950. 10 min., sd., color, 16mm. 

Summary: Presents scenes of the living 
and mating habits of the prairie chicken. 

Credits: Bird photography, Edgar M. 
Queen, Charles W. Schwartz. 

© The American Museum of Natural 
History; 15Aug50; LP296. 

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