Public Reel

1ST AIR MAIL

1976 · Department of Defense, Defense Imagery (via FedFlix)

Finding US Government work

The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. 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 Defense
DoD production number
PIN 39351
Internet Archive item
gov.dod.dimoc.39351 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The record

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Department of Defense PIN 39351 1ST AIR MAIL THIS CLIP IS A HISTORICAL CLIP WHICH COMMEMORATES THE FIRST AIR MAIL FLIGHT, FLOWN ON 14 MAY 1915. THE CLIP CONTAINS STOCK FOOTAGE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT FIRST FLIGHT AND RELATES IT TO THE MODERN JET CARRIER.

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