HYSTERICAL HISTORY

HISTORY. Paramount Pictures Corp., 1953. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Kartune) Summary: A musical cartoon featuring the song Yankee Doodle boy. Designed for Sidi ence participation. Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Irving Spector; music, Winston Sharples; animation, Al Eugster, George Germanetti

Registration LP2235 No renewal found

Term began

1953-01-23

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 8747–8760.

HYSTERICAL HISTORY. Paramount Pictures 
Corp., 1953. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. 
(Kartune) 

Summary: A musical cartoon featuring the 
song Yankee Doodle boy. Designed for Sidi 
ence participation. 

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, 
Irving Spector; music, Winston Sharples; 
animation, Al Eugster, George Germanetti. 

© Paramount Pictures Corp.; 23Jan53 (in 
notice: 1952); LP2235, 

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