Public Reel

FRIEND OF THE FAMILY

FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. sion. Made by Jam Handy Organization. 8 min., sd., color, 35 mm

Registration MU7049 Renewed

Term began
1961-05-02
Claimant
Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corp
Class
MU — unpublished motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
renewal RE340433 filed 1987-06-02 by Paramount Pictures Corporation (title+window; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7236877)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2057 (95 years from the 1961 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 RE340433 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PWH)
Renewal date
1987-06-02
Original cited
LP15968 / 1959-11-20
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7236877: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE340433, registered 1987-06-02, for original registration LP15968 published 1959-11-20.

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.

Renewal RE424005 (link: title+window, title similarity 0.91)

Renewal claimant
Warner Brothers, Inc. (PWH)
Renewal date
1989-05-22
Original cited
LP26125 / 1962-01-14
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7319728: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE424005, registered 1989-05-22, for original registration LP26125 published 1962-01-14.

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, 1961, Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3151213libr (OCR text), lines 8203–8207.

FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. 
sion. Made by Jam Handy Organiza- 
tion. 8 min., sd., color, 35 mm. 
© Chevrolet Division, General Motors 
Corp.; 2May61; MU7O49. 

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