LAY THAT RIFLE DOWN

LAY THAT RIFLE DOWN. Republic Pictures Corp. 71 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm. Appl. author: Radford Pictures Corp

Registration LP5894 No renewal found

Term began: 1955-07-01
Claimant: Republic Pictures Corp
Class: LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1982-1984 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
In the public domain since: 1 January 1984 (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 1982 or 1983 volume; volumes searched: 1982, 1983, 1984.

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 LP5894.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1956, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3101213li (OCR text), lines 8298–8306.

LAY THAT RIFLE DOWN. Republic 
Pictures Corp. 71 min., sd., b&w, 
35 mm. 

Appl. author: Radford Pictures 
Corp. 

© Republic Pictures Corp.; 
1Jul55; LP589h.

Copies on the Internet Archive

Item	Year	Downloads	Collection
Lay That Rifle Down	1955	9,812	Comedy_Films, feature_films
Lay That Rifle Down (1955; smallest download)	1955	235	opensource_movies, community

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