Public Reel

CENTRAL AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA. 1930. 1 reel.

Registration MP1309 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-02-24
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 1930-02-24; 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 R201762 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
University of Snicago (PWH)
Renewal date
1957-11-08
Original cited
M1309 / 24Feb30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1957: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3111213li, OCR text line 45151
CENTRAL AMERICA, a motion picture in 
one reel by George W. Hoke. 
© 24Feb30; M1309. University of 
Snicago (PWH); 8Nov57; R201762. 
THE CHAIN GANG, a motion picture in 
one reel by Walter E. Disney. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 34082–34086.

  CENTRAL AMERICA. 1930. 1 reel.

    © Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. (George W. Hoke, author); 24Feb30;
    MP1309.

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