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THE BIG TRAIL

THE BIG TRAIL. 1930. 13,000 ft., sd.

Director, Raoul Walsh; story, Hal G. Evarts; editor, Jack Dennis.

Registration LP1683 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-09-30
Claimant
Fox Film Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-09-30; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2026 (maximum 95-year term from 1930)

The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

Renewal R201144 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-10-31
Original cited
L1683 / 30Sep30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 44975
THE BIG TRAIL, a photoplay in thirteen 
reels by Fox Film Corp. 
© 30Sep30; L1683. Twentieth 
Century-Fox Film Corp. (PWH); 
310ct57; R201144, 
BIGGER AND BETTER. SEE FANNY AND KITTY 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 18143–18149.

  THE BIG TRAIL. 1930. 13,000 ft., sd.

    Credits: Director, Raoul Walsh; story, Hal G. Evarts; editor, Jack
    Dennis.

    © Fox Film Corp.; 30Sep30; LP1683.

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