THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
NEXT STOP BETHLEHEM. SEE Destiny. NIGHT AND DAY. SEE Primary science. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. With film guide. Based on the poem by Clement C. Moore
Registration MP6349 Renewed
- Term began
- 1955-05-19
- Claimant
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
- Finding
- renewal RE184510 filed 1983-11-23 by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7081988)
- Enters the public domain
- 1 January 2051 (95 years from the 1955 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 RE184510 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1983-11-23
- Original cited
- MP6349 / 1955-05-19
- Source
- U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7081988: record in the Copyright Public Records System
Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE184510, registered 1983-11-23, for original registration MP6349 published 1955-05-19.
Renewal RE160093 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- CBS, Inc.
- Renewal date
- 1983-01-07
- Original cited
- LP6532 / 1955-12-31
- Source
- U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7057569: record in the Copyright Public Records System
Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE160093, registered 1983-01-07, for original registration LP6532 published 1955-12-31.
Low confidence: neither the number nor the date in this record could be read; the title alone matched, and it is the only such title in the renewal window.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1955, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig391213lib (OCR text), lines 37789–37800.
NEXT STOP BETHLEHEM. SEE Destiny. NIGHT AND DAY. SEE Primary science. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Encyclo- paedia Britannica Films. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. With film guide. Based on the poem by Clement C. Moore. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; 19May55; MP63h9.
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