Fishing Fun

FISHING FUN. Castle Films, 1949. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. (The Sport Parade) Summary: Scenes of fishing which include underwater shots that show bass stalking and striking a fisherman's artificial bait

Uncertain The US record is unclear: no registration date parsed from the catalog entry.

Finding revision 388eecec, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Registration MP2411 Uncertain

Term began: not parsed
Claimant: United World Films, Inc
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding: no registration date parsed from the catalog entry

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The catalog entry has a problem (missing date, or a number that does not fit its year), so the renewal check cannot be relied on.

Renewal R648171 (link: llm:number+title, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Universal Education and Visual Arts (PWH)
Renewal date: 1976-12-03
Original cited: MP2411 / 150ct49
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1976: Internet Archive 1976motionpictur3301213libr, OCR text line 100936

R648171. 
Fishing fun. By United World Films, 
Inc. © 150ct49; MP2411. Universal 
Education and Visual Arts (PWH); 3Dec76; 
R648171. 
R648172.

This link was made after a language model re-read the damaged OCR (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro); the reading was accepted only because the number and date or title it reported agree with the catalog. Its note: “Original date 150ct49 interpreted as 1949-10-15. Original number MP2411 is clear. Renewal claimant is Universal Education and Visual Arts (PWH).”

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1952, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig361213lib (OCR text), lines 5648–5654.

FISHING FUN. Castle Films, 1949. 1 reel, 
sd., b&w, 16mm. (The Sport Parade) 
Summary: Scenes of fishing which include 
underwater shots that show bass stalking and 
striking a fisherman's artificial bait. 
© United World Films, Inc.; 15O0ct49; 
MP2411,

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