20, 1945
spectacular pictures in 1945 [B-25 hits Empire State Building; British demonstrate V-2 rocket bomb; American 42. and British ships explode] Cutest story of the year [GI’s adopt Chinese waif], Best newsreel laughs of 1945 [Mrs. Truman christens a bomber; Mayor LaGuardia reads funnies over the radio}.
Registration MP121 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1945-12-21
- Claimant
- 2c 1-23-46, synopsis
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1972-1974 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1974 (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 1972 or 1973 volume; volumes searched: 1972, 1973, 1974.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 76365–76384.
Dec. 21, 1945, 1945 year of victory, newsreel reviewof greatest news year in history: Al- 41. lied invasions; Yalta Conference; death of F.D. R., Truman becomes President; Iwo Jima; MacArthur [returns to Philippines } Eisenhower in London, Paris and U.S.; Atlee succeeds Churchill; end of conflict [Japan’s surrender ]; San Francisco, United Nations Conference. In war’s wake [trials of war criminals} Most spectacular pictures in 1945 [B-25 hits Empire State Building; Brit- ish demonstrate V-2 rocket bomb; American 42. and British ships explode] Cutest story of the year [GI’s adopt Chinese waif], Best news- reel laughs of 1945 [Mrs. Truman christens a bomber; Mayor LaGuardia reads funnies over the radio}. © 12-21-45; 2c 1-23-46, synopsis; M 121. Dec. 26, 1945. President Truman delivers
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