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SEA-GOING SMOKE EATERS

SEA-GOING SMOKE EATERS, RKO-Pathe, 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm, (Screenliner) Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director and photographer, William Deeke; written by Pennell C. Kirkbride

Registration MP3708 Renewed

Term began
1953-01-31
Claimant
RKO-Pathe, inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE107682 filed 1981-12-02 by Marian B., Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7005156)
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 RE107682 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Marian B., Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1981-12-02
Original cited
MP3708 / 1953-01-31
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7005156: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE107682, registered 1981-12-02, for original registration MP3708 published 1953-01-31.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 43399–43404.

SEA-GOING SMOKE EATERS, RKO-Pathe, 
8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm, (Screenliner) 
Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; 
director and photographer, William Deeke; 
written by Pennell C. Kirkbride. 
© RKO-Pathe, inc.; 31Jan53; MP3708. 

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