MIDWEST HOLIDAY
THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. LP2491. SEE Man against crime. Feb. 18, 1953. MIDWEST HOLIDAY. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) 1953. Produced by Wilding Picture Productions. 27 min., sd., color, 16mm. Summary: A young newspaperman finds romance while vacationing in the Middle West. Kodachrome
Registration LP2432 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1953-01-30
- Claimant
- Standard Oil Co. (Indiana)
- 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 12088–12102.
THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. LP2491. SEE Man against crime. Feb. 18, 1953. MIDWEST HOLIDAY. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) 1953. Produced by Wilding Pic- ture Productions. 27 min., sd., color, 16mm. Summary: A young newspaperman finds romance while vacationing in the Middle West. Kodachrome. © Standard Oil Co. (Indiana); 30Jan53 (in notice: 1952); LP2432.
Copies on the Internet Archive
| Item | Year | Downloads | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Holiday (Part II) | 1952 | 24,861 | prelinger, fav-888_iris_888 |
| Midwest Holiday (Part I) | 1952 | 15,945 | prelinger, fav-a234203 |
| Midwest Holiday | 1952 | 3,110 | prelinger, fav-actual |
Matched by title and year on 5 September 2026; check that the item is this film and not a remake or a trailer.