1948, NM
THEY FLEE BY NIGHT. PLAYHOUSE, 21. A THING TO FIGHT FOR. SEE SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE. THE THINGS PEOPLE WANT. Chevrolet Motor Division. Made by Jam Handy Organization. 21 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm, Appl. states prev. reg. 1948, NM: new opening & closing
Registration MU6542 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1958-12-29
- Claimant
- Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corp
- Class
- MU — unpublished motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1985-1987 or in the Copyright Office renewal records 1978-2025
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1987 (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 1985 or 1986 volume; volumes searched: 1985, 1986, 1987.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1959, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3131213li (OCR text), lines 12642–12656.
THEY FLEE BY NIGHT. PLAYHOUSE, 21. A THING TO FIGHT FOR. SEE SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE. THE THINGS PEOPLE WANT. Chevrolet Motor Division. Made by Jam Handy Organization. 21 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm, Appl. states prev. reg. 1948, NM: new opening & closing. © Chevrolet Motor Division of Gen- eral Motors Corp.; 29Dec58; MU6542.
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