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FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS

FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS. Universal Pictures Co, 95 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm. A Universal-International picture, Based on Francis, a character created by David Stern

Registration LP4054 Renewed

Term began
1954-08-18
Claimant
Universal Pictures Co., inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE131145 filed 1982-07-08 by Universal City Studios, Inc. (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7028620)
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 RE131145 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.71)

Renewal claimant
Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1982-07-08
Original cited
LP4054 / 1954-08-18
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7028620: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE131145, registered 1982-07-08, for original registration LP4054 published 1954-08-18.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 30043–30050.

FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS. Universal 
Pictures Co, 95 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm. 
A Universal-International picture, Based 
on Francis, a character created by David 
Stern. 

© Universal Pictures Co., inc.; 18Aug54; 
LP4054. 

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