Public Reel

THE WATER WE DRINK

b&w, 16mm. Summary: Scenes of two young boys walking in a forest provide a background for a discussion of the body's need for water, the importance of developing proper drinking habits, the source of community water, and the methods of purifying water. Credits: Educational collaborator, John G. Read

Registration MP3160 Renewed

Term began
1952-09-25
Claimant
Gaby Dure Smart, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, executors of the estate of David A. Smart, deceased (in notice: David A. Smart)
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE74747 filed 1980-11-28 by Coronet Instructional Media (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 6972223)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2048 (95 years from the 1952 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 RE74747 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Coronet Instructional Media (PWH)
Renewal date
1980-11-28
Original cited
MP3160 / 1952-09-25
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 6972223: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE74747, registered 1980-11-28, for original registration MP3160 published 1952-09-25.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 23767–23783.

10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. 

Summary: Scenes of two young boys walk- 
ing in a forest provide a background for a 
discussion of the body's need for water, the 
importance of developing proper drinking 
habits, the source of community water, and 
the methods of purifying water. 

Credits: Educational collaborator, John G. 
Read. 

© Gaby Dure Smart, Continental Illinois 
National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, 
executors of the estate of David A. Smart, 
deceased (in notice: David A. Smart); 
25Sep52; MP3160. 

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