Public Reel

TERMITES FROM MARS

RS. Universal Pictures Co., 1953. 6 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz cartune) A Universal-International picture. Summary: Woody Woodpecker encounters an influx of active termites. Credits: Animation, Ray Abrams, La Verne Harding, Paul Smith; music, Clarence Wheeler. Technicolor

Registration MP3229 Renewed

Term began
1953-01-05
Claimant
Universal International
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE107529 filed 1981-12-07 by Universal City Studios, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7005003)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2049 (95 years from the 1953 publication)

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 RE107529 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1981-12-07
Original cited
MP3229 / 1953-01-05
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7005003: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE107529, registered 1981-12-07, for original registration MP3229 published 1953-01-05.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 20793–20805.

TERMITES FROM MARS. Universal Pictures 
Co., 1953. 6 min., sd., color, 35mm. 
(Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz cartune) 
A Universal-International picture. 

Summary: Woody Woodpecker encounters 
an influx of active termites. 

Credits: Animation, Ray Abrams, La Verne 
Harding, Paul Smith; music, Clarence 
Wheeler. Technicolor. 

© Universal International; 5Jan53; MP3229. 

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