Public Reel

VILLAGE SMITHY

Registration LP10944 Renewed

Term began
1941-09-25
Claimant
Walt Disney productions
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal filed (date unreadable) by Walt Disne Productions (llm:date+title; CCE 1968, OCR line 40117)
Enters the public domain
1 January 2037 (95 years from the 1941 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 (link: llm:date+title, title similarity 0.79)

Renewal claimant
Walt Disne Productions (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
M10944 / 25Sep41
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1968: Internet Archive catalogofc19683221213libr, OCR text line 40117
THE VILLAGE SMITHY, a motion picture in 
one reel by Walt Disney Productions. 
(A Walt Disney Donald Duck) 
© 25Sep41; M10944. Walt Disne 
Productions (PWH); 210ct68; Rusge0, 
VIVA MEXICO, a motion picture in 1 reel 
by Loew's. © 6Nov+1; M11886. Metro- 

This link was made after a language model re-read the damaged OCR (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro); the reading was accepted only because the number and date or title it reported agree with the catalog. Its note: “Renewal number is unreadable in OCR (Rusge0). Original number M10944 is clear. Renewal date 210ct68 interpreted as 21Oct68.”

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1942, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig15libr (OCR text), lines 3864–3865.

Village smithy, © Sept. 25, 1941; L 10944; Walt 
Disney productions, Burbank, Calif, 606 

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