Public Reel

THE BIG QUESTION

THE BIG QUESTION. New York Life Insurance Co. Made by Jerry Fairbanks Productions in association with Film Counselors. 28 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm

Registration MP10074 Renewed

Term began
1960-04-18
Claimant
New York Life Insurance Co
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE393727 filed 1988-08-19 by Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc., Martin Manulis Productions, Inc. & Selby-Lake, Inc.; Martin Manulis Productions, Inc.; Selby-Lake, Inc. (title+window; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7289623)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2056 (95 years from the 1960 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 RE393727 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc., Martin Manulis Productions, Inc. & Selby-Lake, Inc.; Martin Manulis Productions, Inc.; Selby-Lake, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1988-08-19
Original cited
PA135828 / 1960-02-03
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7289623: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE393727, registered 1988-08-19, for original registration PA135828 published 1960-02-03.

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, 1960, Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3141213libr (OCR text), lines 2039–2044.

THE BIG QUESTION. New York Life Insur- 
ance Co. Made by Jerry Fairbanks 
Productions in association with Film 
Counselors. 28 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm. 
© New York Life Insurance Co.; 18Apr60; 
MP10074. 

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