THREADS OF A NATION

Nos. 831, 832.

Registration MP9932 (part 831) No renewal found

Term began: 1939-12-12
Claimant: Columbia pictures corp.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: no renewal entry found for 1966-1968 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since: 1 January 1968 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1966 or 1967 volume; volumes searched: 1966, 1967, 1968.

The renewal sections are OCR text of printed volumes; a damaged record can hide a renewal. Before relying on this, search the linked volumes yourself for the title and for number MP9932.

Registration MP9938 (part 831) Renewed

Term began: 1939-12-14
Claimant: Columbia pictures corp.
Class: MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding: renewal R427115 filed 1968-01-18 by United Artists Television, Inc (number+year; CCE 1968, OCR line 15683)
Enters the public domain: 1 January 2035 (95 years from the 1939 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 R427115 (link: number+year, title similarity 0.00)

Renewal claimant: United Artists Television, Inc (PWH)
Renewal date: 1968-01-18
Original cited: MP9938 / 23Jant0
Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1968: Internet Archive catalogofc19683221213libr, OCR text line 15683

MIGHTY HUNTERS, a motion picture in 
one reel by Vitaphone Corp. 
© 23Jant0; MP9938. United Artists 
Television, Inc. (PWH); 18Jan68; 
R427115. 
MILITARY ACADEMY, a photoplay in seven

Low confidence: the original date in this record is unreadable, so the link rests on the number and the renewal year.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1940, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig131libr (OCR text), lines 8173–8176.

Nos. 831, 832. © Dec. 12, 14, 1939; 
M 9932, 9938. 

Nos. 833, 834. © Dec. 19, 21, 1939;

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