Public Reel

UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL

Universal newsreel; v. 14, nos. 41-44.

Registration MP12124 (part 1) Renewed

Term began
1941-12-16
Claimant
Universal pictures co., inc.
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R455089 filed 1969-01-23 by (claimant unreadable) (date+number~1; CCE 1969, OCR line 17132)
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 R455089 (link: date+number~1, title similarity 0.00)

Renewal claimant
Renewal date
1969-01-23
Original cited
M12104 / 16Dec41
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1969: Internet Archive catalogofc19693231213libr, OCR text line 17132
R455087. ‘ 
40. © 11Dec41; M12044. 23Jan69; 
R455088. 
41. © 16Dec41; M12104. 23Jan69; 
R455089. 
42. © 18Dec41; M12125. 23Jan69; 
. R455090. 
3. © 23Dec41; M11216. rip 3 
5091 2 3 23 an69; 

Registration MP12125 (part 2) Renewed

Term began
1941-12-18
Claimant
Universal pictures co., inc.
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal R455090 filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (number+date; CCE 1969, OCR line 17134)
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 R455090 (link: number+date, title similarity 0.00)

Renewal claimant
Renewal date
Original cited
M12125 / 18Dec41
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1969: Internet Archive catalogofc19693231213libr, OCR text line 17134
R455088. 
41. © 16Dec41; M12104. 23Jan69; 
R455089. 
42. © 18Dec41; M12125. 23Jan69; 
. R455090. 
3. © 23Dec41; M11216. rip 3 
5091 2 3 23 an69; 
+ © 25Dec41; M121°7. = 
‘ nnasees: : 3 7+. 23Jan69; 

Registration MP12126 (part 3) Renewed

Term began
1941-12-23
Claimant
Universal pictures co., inc.
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
renewal filed (date unreadable) by (claimant unreadable) (llm:date+title; CCE 1969, OCR line 17136)
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 1.00)

Renewal claimant
Renewal date
Original cited
M11216 / 23Dec41
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1969: Internet Archive catalogofc19693231213libr, OCR text line 17136
41. © 16Dec41; M12104. 23Jan69; 
R455089. 
42. © 18Dec41; M12125. 23Jan69; 
. R455090. 
3. © 23Dec41; M11216. rip 3 
5091 2 3 23 an69; 
+ © 25Dec41; M121°7. = 
‘ nnasees: : 3 7+. 23Jan69; 
5. © 30Dec41; M12203. 3 
55095 : ; 3 23 Jan69; 

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 the provided chunk. The line '3. © 23Dec41; M11216. rip 3 5091 2 3 23 an69; +' appears to be a corrupted renewal entry for part 3 of Universal Newsreel v.14. The original date and number are clear, but the renewal date and number are garbled. The surrounding lines show other parts of the same newsreel with renewal numbers R455085 and R455086, suggesting this part would have a similar R455xxx number, but it cannot be read with confidence.”

Registration MP12127 (part 4) No renewal found

Term began
1941-12-25
Claimant
Universal pictures co., inc.
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1968-1970 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1970 (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 1968 or 1969 volume; volumes searched: 1968, 1969, 1970.

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 MP12127.

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1942, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig15libr (OCR text), lines 6570–6572.

Universal newsreel; v. 14, nos. 41-44. © Dec. 16, 
18, 23, 25, 1941; M 12124-12127; Universal pic- 
tures co., inc., New York. 1094-1097 

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