SLEEPING BEAUTY
p. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, - 1952. 8 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: An adaptation of the fairy tale about the wicked fairy and the princess who sleeps for one hundred years. For primary and middle grades, Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder. Appl. author: William Wilder
Registration LP1885 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1952-04-11
- 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 50099–50113.
SLEEPING BEAUTY. World TV Corp. Re- leased by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, - 1952. 8 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: An adaptation of the fairy tale about the wicked fairy and the princess who sleeps for one hundred years. For primary and middle grades, Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder. Appl. author: William Wilder. © World T. V. Corp.; 11Apr52; LP1885.
Copies on the Internet Archive
Searched on 5 September 2026; no item with this title and year was found.