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FLIPPER, THE SEAL: BACKGROUND FOR READING AND EXPRESSION

FLIPPER, THE SEAL: BACKGROUND FOR READING AND EXPRESSION. Coronet, 1953. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: A group of primary school children at the zoo watch the antics of the seal. Credits: Johnston

Registration MP3303 No renewal found

Term began
1953-01-19
Claimant
John Smart
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a 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.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 6400–6410.

FLIPPER, THE SEAL: BACKGROUND FOR 


READING AND EXPRESSION. Coronet, 
1953. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. 
Summary: A group of primary school 
children at the zoo watch the antics of the 
seal. 
Credits: 
Johnston, 
© John Smart; 19Jan53; MP3303. 

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