A CHRISTMAS GIFT
A CHRISTMAS GIFT. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 5 min., sd., color, 16mm. Kodachrome, With film guide
Registration MP4419 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1953-12-09
- Claimant
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1980-1982 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1982 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)
A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.
A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1980 or 1981 volume; volumes searched: 1980, 1981, 1982.
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Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 2871–2876.
A CHRISTMAS GIFT. Encyclopaedia Britan- nica Films, 5 min., sd., color, 16mm. Kodachrome, With film guide, © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.; 9Dec53; MP4419.
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