Public Reel

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

of Time, 1952. 15 min., sd., b&ew, 16mm. (Ballets de France, no. 11) Summary: A ballet. A poor Scandinavian girl vending matches sees in the match flame a vision of happier times. Credits: Producer and director, J. A. Benoit-Levy; music director, Richard Blareau. Cast: Janine Charrat, Serge Perrault

Registration MP2762 Renewed

Term began
1952-09-09
Claimant
Time, Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE78522 filed 1980-12-22 by Time, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6975998)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2048 (95 years from the 1952 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 RE78522 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Time, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1980-12-22
Original cited
MP2762 / 1952-09-09
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6975998: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE78522, registered 1980-12-22, for original registration MP2762 published 1952-09-09.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1952, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig361213lib (OCR text), lines 43437–43450.

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. March of Time, 
1952. 15 min., sd., b&ew, 16mm. (Ballets 
de France, no. 11) 

Summary: A ballet. A poor Scandinavian 
girl vending matches sees in the match 
flame a vision of happier times. 

Credits: Producer and director, J. A. 
Benoit-Levy; music director, Richard 
Blareau. Cast: Janine Charrat, Serge Per- 
rault. 

© Time, Inc.; 9Sep52; MP2762. 

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