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THE DAWN PATROL

THE DAWN PATROL. 1930. 12 reels. From the story "The Flight Commander" by John Monk Saunders.

Director, Howard Hawks; adaptation and dialogue, Howard Hawks, Dan Totheroh, Seton Miller.

Registration LP1547 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-08-25
Claimant
First National Pictures, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-08-25; 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 R207502 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Associated Artists Productions Corp (PWH)
Renewal date
1958-01-27
Original cited
L1547 / 25Aug30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 17115
THE DAWN PATROL, a photoplay in twelve 
reels by First National Pictures, 
Ine. © 25Aug30; L1547. Associated 
Artists Productions Corp. (PWH); 
27Jan58; R207502, 
THE DAWN PATROL. No.4032. A motion 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 49359–49366.

  THE DAWN PATROL. 1930. 12 reels. From the story "The Flight Commander"
    by John Monk Saunders.

    Credits: Director, Howard Hawks; adaptation and dialogue, Howard
    Hawks, Dan Totheroh, Seton Miller.

    © First National Pictures, Inc.; 25Aug30; LP1547.

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