ANCIENT FISTORY
IENT FISTORY. Paramount Pictures Corp., 1953. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Popeye the sailor cartoon) Summary: Aided by his fairy godfather, Popeye attends Olive Oyl's ball. Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Irving Spector; music, Winston Sharples; animation, Al Eugster, William B. Pattengill
Registration LP2236 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1953-01-30
- Claimant
- Paramount Pictures Corp
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1980-1982 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1982 (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 1980 or 1981 volume; volumes searched: 1980, 1981, 1982.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 1292–1305.
ANCIENT FISTORY. Paramount Pictures Corp., 1953. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Popeye the sailor cartoon) Summary: Aided by his fairy godfather, Popeye attends Olive Oyl's ball. Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Irving Spector; music, Winston Sharples; animation, Al Eugster, William B. Patten- gill. © Paramount Pictures Corp.; 30Jan53 (in notice: 1952); LP2236.
Copies on the Internet Archive
Searched on 5 September 2026; no item with this title and year was found.