Public Reel

SOME FRIENDLY BIRDS

SOME FRIENDLY BIRDS. 1930. 957 ft., 16 mm.

Registration MP2178 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-08-20
Claimant
Eastman Teaching Films, Inc
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-08-20; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2026 (maximum 95-year term from 1930)

The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

Renewal R213867 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
University of Chicago (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-04-30
Original cited
M2178 / 20Aug30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 20067
SOME FRIENDLY BIRDS, a motion picture 
by George W. Hoke. 957 ft. 
© 20Aug30; M2178. University of 
Chicago (PWH); 30Apr58; R213867. 
SOME SHOW, a photoplay in two reels 
by Universal Pictures Corp. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 224966–224970.

  SOME FRIENDLY BIRDS. 1930. 957 ft., 16 mm.

    © Eastman Teaching Films, Inc.; (George W. Hoke, author); 20Aug30;
    MP2178.

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