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1:16:32–1:18:20 Registered 1939

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 4 quotes checked against the transcript; 4 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 1 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 1:17:261:17:26

Play from 1:16:32 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 104 · shots 205–205. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • unspecified, audible only audible
  • Miss Drew (named at t:77:52): unspecified, audible only audible
  • Gene (named at t:77:42): unspecified, audible only audible
  • Bob (named at t:77:42): unspecified, audible only audible
Seen happening
  • The U.S. Capitol building is shown in an exterior shot. [frame:1]
Also said
“Your efforts in this case are deeply appreciated. Thank you.” 77:57 · “Can I print that? This time? Yes.” 78:03
Seen
U.S. Capitol building
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: formal and conclusive; themes: recognition of service, media and press freedom, governmental acknowledgment; style notes: static exterior shot of a landmark; dialogue-driven resolution with no visible characters; black-and-white cinematography typical of 1939.

A character addresses Miss Drew, acknowledging her efforts and recommending her for a medal; the scene concludes with a shot of the U.S. Capitol building. No named individuals are identified in the dialogue or visuals beyond 'Miss Drew'.

“that I have recommended you in the orders of the day.” 77:31 · “and have recommended to the president that you be awarded the medal for distinguished service.” 77:35 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

No renewal found An automated finding, not a verdict. 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 our parse of them found no matching renewal. If that is right, a work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year; the volumes are OCR of old print, and the method page reports how often the parse has been found to miss one. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from The Phantom Creeps (1939) at 1:17:26 (passage 1:16:32–1:18:20); US record: No renewal found

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