Public Reel

TAKING THE AIR

TAKING THE AIR. 1929. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

Registration MP277 Copyright term expired

Term began
1929-06-03
Claimant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dist. Corp
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1929-06-03; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2025 (maximum 95-year term from 1929)

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

Renewal R188258 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Loew's Incorporated (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-03-06
Original cited
M277 / 3Jun29
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 21833
TAKING THE AIR, a motion picture in 
one reel by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 
Distributing Corp. (Metro movie- 
tone act) © 3Jun29; M277. 
Loew's Incorporated (PWH); 6Mar57; 
R188258. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 237969–237972.

  TAKING THE AIR. 1929. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

    © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dist. Corp.; 3Jun29; MP277.

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