Public Reel

JP2324, TOWER OF DESTINY

York Times, 56 fr., b&w, 35mm, (A current affairs filmstrip, Nov. 1953) Appl, title: Filmstrip on current affairs: Toward European unity. © The New York Times Co.; 26Oct53; JP2324, TOWER OF DESTINY, RKO-Pathe, 15 min., sd., b&w, 35mm, Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; written by Pennell C, Kirkbride

Registration MP4002 Renewed

Term began
1953-05-08
Claimant
RKO-Pathe, inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE107691 filed 1981-12-02 by Marian B., Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7005165)
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 RE107691 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.71)

Renewal claimant
Marian B., Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1981-12-02
Original cited
MP4002 / 1953-05-08
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7005165: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE107691, registered 1981-12-02, for original registration MP4002 published 1953-05-08.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1953, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig371213lib (OCR text), lines 44890–44904.

New York Times, 56 fr., b&w, 35mm, (A 
current affairs filmstrip, Nov. 1953) 

Appl, title: Filmstrip on current affairs: 
Toward European unity. 

© The New York Times Co.; 26Oct53; 
JP2324, 


TOWER OF DESTINY, RKO-Pathe, 15 min., 
sd., b&w, 35mm, 
Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; written 
by Pennell C, Kirkbride. 
© RKO-Pathe, inc.; 8May53; MP4002. 

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