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BEAR HUNT

10Jan51 BEAR HUNT. Coronet, 1950. 15 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A young boy and girl geta prize-winning photograph when they catch two policemen searching for an imaginary wild beast

Registration MP821 No renewal found

Term began
1950-08-30
Claimant
David A. Smart
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.

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.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP821.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1951, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri351213libr (OCR text), lines 1785–1799.

10Jan51 


BEAR HUNT. Coronet, 1950. 15 min., sd., 


b&w, 16mm. 

Summary: A young boy and girl geta 
prize-winning photograph when they catch 
two policemen searching for an imaginary 


wild beast. 
© David A. Smart; 30Aug50; MP821. 

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