THE GOLDEN AXE
World TV Corp. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1952. 8 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: An adaptation of Aesop's fable about the woodcutter who was rewarded by a dwarf for his honesty. For primary and middle grades. Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder. Appl author: William Wilder
Registration LP1887 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1952-04-28
- Claimant
- World T. V. Corp
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1979-1981 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1981 (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 1979 or 1980 volume; volumes searched: 1979, 1980, 1981.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1952, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig361213lib (OCR text), lines 40436–40450.
THE GOLDEN AXE. World TV Corp. Re- leased by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1952. 8 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: An adaptation of Aesop's fable about the woodcutter who was rewarded by a dwarf for his honesty. For primary and middle grades. Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder. Appl author: William Wilder. © World T. V. Corp.; 28Apr52; LP1887.
Copies on the Internet Archive
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