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BIRDS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE

BIRDS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. Coronet Instructional Films. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. New edition. Credits: Educational author and photographer, Olin S, Pettingill, Jr

Registration MP4297 Renewed

Term began
1954-01-12
Claimant
John Smart
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE146582 filed 1982-12-13 by Esquire, Inc. Coronet Instructional Films (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7044058)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2050 (95 years from the 1954 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 RE146582 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Esquire, Inc. Coronet Instructional Films
Renewal date
1982-12-13
Original cited
MP4297 / 1954-01-12
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7044058: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE146582, registered 1982-12-13, for original registration MP4297 published 1954-01-12.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 2128–2134.

BIRDS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. Coronet 
Instructional Films. 10 min., sd., b&w, 
16mm. New edition. 

Credits: Educational author and photog- 
rapher, Olin S, Pettingill, Jr. 
© John Smart; 12Jan54; MP4297. 

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