Public Reel

SOME WATER INSECTS

SOME WATER INSECTS. 1930. 1 reel.

Registration MP1840 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-07-07
Claimant
Eastman Teaching Films, Inc
Author
George W. Hoke, author
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-07-07; 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 R213864 (link: title+window, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Mist0.. University of Chicago (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-04-30
Original cited
None / 7Jul350
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 20080
SOME WATER INSECTS, a motion picture 
in one reel by George W. Hoke. 
© 7Jul350; Mist0.. University of 
Chicago (PWH); 30Apr58; R213864. 
SON OF COURAGE, a photoplay in two 
reels by Universal Pictures Corp. 

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, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 225164–225168.

  SOME WATER INSECTS. 1930. 1 reel.

    © Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. (George W. Hoke, author); 7Jul30;
    MP1840.

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