Public Reel

ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT

ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT. 1930. 996 ft., 16 mm.

Registration MP2185 Copyright term expired

Term began
1930-10-08
Claimant
Eastman Teaching Films, Inc
Author
George W. Hoke, author
Class
MP — published motion picture other than a photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
Finding
copyright term began 1930-10-08; 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 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)

Renewal claimant
University of Chicago (PWH)
Renewal date
Original cited
M2185 / 80ct30
Source
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 45787
ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT, a motion picture 
in one reel by George W. Hoke. 
© 80ct30; M2185. University of 
Chicago (PWH); 28Aug58; Re20454. 
EXPENSIVE WOMEN, a photoplay in seven 
reels by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. 

Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 61246–61250.

  ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT. 1930. 996 ft., 16 mm.

    © Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. (George W. Hoke, author); 8Oct30;
    MP2185.

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