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KANGAROOS

KANGAROOS, Australian Instructional Films, Sydney. Adapted and released in the U.S. by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. With film guide

Registration MP5214 No renewal found

Term began
1953-08-26
Claimant
Australian Instructional Films
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.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP5214.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1954, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig381213lib (OCR text), lines 31690–31700.

KANGAROOS, Australian Instructional Films, 


Sydney. Adapted and released in the U.S. 

by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 

10 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. With film guide. 
© Australian Instructional Films; 26Aug53; 

MP5214, 

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