Pro Football

PRO FOOTBALL. (An Oddity) 1934. 817 ft., sd., b&w.

Renewed Under US copyright until 31 December 2029: registration MP4897 of 1934 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp was renewed (R278943); it enters the public domain on 1 January 2030.

Finding revision 845ee65c, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Director, Ray McCarey; explanatory remarks by Pete Smith.

Registration MP4897 Renewed

Term began: 1934-07-11
Claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R278943 filed 1961-07-12 by Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Inc (number+date; CCE 1961, OCR line 50662)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2030 (95 years from the 1934 publication)

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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 R278943 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1961-07-12
Original cited: M4897 / 11Ju134
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1961: Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr, OCR text line 50662

PRO FOOTBALL, a motion picture in one 
reel by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 
© 11Ju134; M4897. Metro-Goldwyn- 
Mayer, Inc. (PWH); 12Ju161; 
R278943, 
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, a photoplay in

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 194247–194252.

  PRO FOOTBALL. (An Oddity) 1934. 817 ft., sd., b&w.

    Credits: Director, Ray McCarey; explanatory remarks by Pete Smith.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.; 11Jul34; MP4897.

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