Public Reel

Shotgun Joe, ca. 1970

no date · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)

Finding US Government work

The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Justice. Bureau of Prisons. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).

The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.

Creating body, as recorded
Department of Justice. Bureau of Prisons
National Archives Identifier
567645 (local identifier 129-BOP-29)
Internet Archive item
gov.archives.arc.567645 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The record

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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 567645 / Local Identifier 129-BOP-29 - Shotgun Joe, ca. 1970 - Department of Justice. Bureau of Prisons. (1930 - ). This moving image is a documentary film about convicted felon Joe Scanlan nicknamed "Shotgun Joe." The film follows Scanlan in prison and his interaction with prisoners, staff, and family. DVD copied by IASL Master Scanner Timothy Vollmer.

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