Public Reel

FINNY BUSINESS

BUSINESS. Universal Pictures Co., 1951. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Variety View Series) Summary: Shows fishing fleets in action in various parts of the world catching salmon, tuna, and sharks. Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; script, Frank Kelly; narrator, Jack Costello; film editor, Edward P. Bartsch

Registration MP1753 Renewed

Term began
1951-05-28
Claimant
Universal Pictures Co., Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE21248 filed 1979-02-21 by Universal City Studios, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6918731)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2047 (95 years from the 1951 publication)

A renewal registration for this work was found. The renewed term lasts 95 years from the original date, so the work remains under copyright.

Renewal RE21248 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1979-02-21
Original cited
MP1753 / 1951-05-28
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6918731: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE21248, registered 1979-02-21, for original registration MP1753 published 1951-05-28.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1951, Internet Archive catalogofcopyri351213libr (OCR text), lines 34019–34032.

FINNY BUSINESS. Universal Pictures Co., 
1951. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Variety 
View Series) 

Summary: Shows fishing fleets in action 
in various parts of the world catching sal- 
mon, tuna, and sharks. 

Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; script, 
Frank Kelly; narrator, Jack Costello; film 
editor, Edward P. Bartsch. 

© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 28May51; 
MP1753. 

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