24, 1946
May 24, 1946. Operation Crossroads: U. S. Army and Navy ready for atomic bomb test at Bikini. Strike paralyzes railroad traffic throughout nation, Eisenhower visits China and Japan in tour of Far East, Evangeline Booth is honored for her service to humanity.
Registration MP669 No renewal found
- Term began
- 1946-05-24
- Claimant
- 2c 6-18-46, synopsis
- Class
- MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
- Finding
- no renewal entry found for 1973-1975 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 1975 (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 1973 or 1974 volume; volumes searched: 1973, 1974, 1975.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series, Part 1 Group 3: Dramatic Compositions, Motion Pictures, 1946, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig191libr (OCR text), lines 76983–76991.
May 24, 1946. Operation Crossroads: U. S. Army and Navy ready for atomic bomb test at Bikini. Strike paralyzes railroad traffic throughout nation, Eisenhower visits China and Japan in tour of Far East, Evangeline Booth is honored for her service to humanity. © 5-24-46; 2c 6-18-46, synopsis; M 669. May 28, 1946. President Truman takes firm
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