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THE MOLLUSKS

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; THE MOLLUSKS. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 18 min., sd., color, 16 mm. (Biology program, unit III: Animal life)

Registration MP12322 Renewed

Term began
1961-12-05
Claimant
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE454261 filed 1989-12-27 by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7349684)
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 RE454261 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.41)

Renewal claimant
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (PWH)
Renewal date
1989-12-27
Original cited
MP12322 / 1961-12-05
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7349684: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE454261, registered 1989-12-27, for original registration MP12322 published 1961-12-05.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1962, Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3161213libr (OCR text), lines 751–756.

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; THE MOLLUSKS. 
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 
18 min., sd., color, 16 mm. (Biology 
program, unit III: Animal life) 
© Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 
Inc.; 5Dec61; MP12322. 

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