Public Reel

HAND OF DEATH

y ae ta a Film Corp. 60 min., sd., b&w, 38 fr.--Culture of the Islands. 59 Productions. Roveeeee by American 35 mm. CinemaScope. © Twentieth fr.--Geography of Hawaii. 60 fr.-- International. 83 min., sd., Eastman Century-Fox Film Corp.; 31Dec61; Historic sites in Hawaii. 43 fr.-color by Pathe, 35 mm

Registration LP21775 Renewed

Term began
1961-11-18
Claimant
Alta Vista LP21463. Tourism. 56 fr.--Trees and flowers Productions
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Jan. 1950)
Finding
renewal RE427781 filed 1989-06-26 by Alta Vista Productions (number+date; Copyright Office public records dataset, record 7323504)
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 RE427781 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.09)

Renewal claimant
Alta Vista Productions (PWH)
Renewal date
1989-06-26
Original cited
LP21775 / 1961-11-18
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7323504: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE427781, registered 1989-06-26, for original registration LP21775 published 1961-11-18.

Renewal RE456675 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (PWH)
Renewal date
1989-11-29
Original cited
LP21463 / 1961-12-31
Source
U.S. Copyright Office public records dataset (renewals registered 1978–2025, January 2026 release), control number 7352098: record in the Copyright Public Records System

Structured record, not OCR: renewal number RE456675, registered 1989-11-29, for original registration LP21463 published 1961-12-31.

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, 1962, Internet Archive catalogofcopyr3161213libr (OCR text), lines 5544–5548.

RIN Ce IS Ae Soko Ty ae ta a Film Corp. 60 min., sd., b&w, 38 fr.--Culture of the Islands. 59 
Productions. Roveeeee by American 35 mm. CinemaScope. © Twentieth fr.--Geography of Hawaii. 60 fr.-- 
International. 83 min., sd., Eastman Century-Fox Film Corp.; 31Dec61; Historic sites in Hawaii. 43 fr.-- 
color by Pathe, 35 mm. © Alta Vista LP21463. Tourism. 56 fr.--Trees and flowers 
Productions; 18Nov61; LP21775. GH ENDL TAM SHOOK THR) MAND) in Hawaii. 48 fr.--Volcanism. 45 

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