No renewal found
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.
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1940
| Title | Year | Number | Term began | Public domain from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11015 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11016 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11017 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11018 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11019 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11020 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11021 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11022 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11023 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT NEWS | 1940 | MP11024 | 1940-12-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL | 1940 | MP9985 | 1940-02-16 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL | 1940 | MP10412 | 1940-08-09 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10365 | 1940-05-09 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10366 | 1940-05-09 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10637 | 1940-05-23 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10638 | 1940-05-27 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10639 | 1940-05-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10373 | 1940-06-08 | 1969-01-01 |
| PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC., NEW YORK, 4637—4650 NOS | 1940 | MP10301 | 1940-06-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| PASSENGER TRAIN | 1940 | MP10688 | 1940-08-29 | 1969-01-01 |
| PASTOR HALL | 1940 | LP9933 | 1940-07-05 | 1969-01-01 |
| PEOPLE OF HAWAII | 1940 | MP10829 | 1940-12-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| PEOPLE OF WESTERN CHINA | 1940 | MP10830 | 1940-12-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| PERU, PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS | 1940 | MP10831 | 1940-12-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN | 1940 | LP10160 | 1940-11-18 | 1969-01-01 |
| PHANTOM PINTO | 1940 | LP10147 | 1940-12-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| PIL’?O MONEY PENCIL | 1940 | MP10079 | 1940-03-20 | 1969-01-01 |
| PIONEER DAYS | 1940 | LP9380 | 1940-01-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| PLANTER OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA | 1940 | MP10692 | 1940-06-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| POLICEMAN | 1940 | MP10698 | 1940-11-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| POLSKA NIE ZGINETA | 1940 | MP10753 | 1940-12-10 | 1969-01-01 |
| POPULAR SCIENCE | 1940 | MP9982 | 1940-02-16 | 1969-01-01 |
| POPULAR SCIENCE | 1940 | MP10185 | 1940-04-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| POPULAR SCIENCE | 1940 | MP10313 | 1940-06-28 | 1969-01-01 |
| POPULAR SCIENCE | 1940 | MP10455 | 1940-09-06 | 1969-01-01 |
| POPULAR SCIENCE | 1940 | MP10592 | 1940-11-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| POPULAR SCIENCE | 1940 | MP10679 | 1940-12-20 | 1969-01-01 |
| POWER AND THE LAND | 1940 | MP10425 | 1940-08-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| POWER BEHIND THE NATION | 1940 | MP10711 | 1940-11-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| POWER FOR DEFENSE | 1940 | MP10873 | 1940-11-20 | 1969-01-01 |
| PREPARATION OF THE MOUTH FOR DENTURES BY ELECTRO SURGICAL METHODS | 1940 | MP10112 | 1940-04-15 | 1969-01-01 |
| PRIDE OF THE BOWERY | 1940 | LP10470 | 1940-12-15 | 1969-01-01 |
| PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT | 1940 | MP10709 | 1940-11-28 | 1969-01-01 |
| PROFESSIONALISM IN RETAILING | 1940 | MP9942 | 1940-01-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | 1940 | MP10690 | 1940-10-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| QUEEN OF DESTINY | 1940 | LP10177 | 1940-08-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| QUEEN OF THE MOB | 1940 | LP9746 | 1940-06-28 | 1969-01-01 |
| QUICKER’N A WINK | 1940 | LP10011 | 1940-10-16 | 1969-01-01 |
| RADIO AND TELEVISION | 1940 | MP10202 | 1940-04-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| RADIO RANCH | 1940 | LP9501 | 1940-03-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| RAINBOW OVER THE RANGE | 1940 | LP9834 | 1940-07-23 | 1969-01-01 |
| RAMPARTS WE WATCH | 1940 | LP10015 | 1940-08-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| RANCH | 1940 | MP10165 | 1940-04-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| RANGE BUSTERS | 1940 | LP9955 | 1940-08-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| RANGER & THE LADY | 1940 | LP9890 | 1940-07-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| REEDER | 1940 | LP9622 | 1940-04-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| REFRESHMENT THROUGH THE YEARS | 1940 | MP10168 | 1940-04-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN SKY BANDITS | 1940 | LP9767 | 1940-07-03 | 1969-01-01 |
| RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED IN YUKON FLIGHT | 1940 | LP9318 | 1940-01-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| RHAPSODY IN RED WHITE AND BLUE | 1940 | MP10514 | 1940-06-24 | 1969-01-01 |
| RHYTHM OF THE RIO GRANDE | 1940 | LP9472 | 1940-03-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| RIDE ’EM COWBOY | 1940 | MP10587 | 1940-10-28 | 1969-01-01 |
| RIDERS FROM NOWHERE | 1940 | LP9709 | 1940-06-04 | 1969-01-01 |
| RIDERS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN | 1940 | LP10059 | 1940-11-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| RIVER THAMES—YESTERDAY | 1940 | MP10604 | 1940-11-08 | 1969-01-01 |
| SACRED GANGES | 1940 | MP10699 | 1940-12-27 | 1969-01-01 |
| SAFETY AT HOME | 1940 | MP10335 | 1940-04-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| SALES-A-POPPIN’ | 1940 | MP10211 | 1940-04-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| SAME | 1940 | LP9613 | 1940-05-03 | 1969-01-01 |
| SANTA FÉ MARSHAL | 1940 | LP9384 | 1940-01-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| SCRAPPILY MARRIED | 1940 | LP9453 | 1940-02-09 | 1969-01-01 |
| SECRET 4 | 1940 | LP9364 | 1940-01-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| SECRET SEVEN | 1940 | LP9826 | 1940-07-29 | 1969-01-01 |
| SEE GREEN ARCHER, DEVIL BAT | 1940 | LP10133 | 1940-12-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| SEE GREEN HORNET STRIKES AGAIN | 1940 | MP10586 | 1940-08-05 | 1969-01-01 |
| SEPT | 1940 | MP10516 | 1940-09-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| SHOWDOWN | 1940 | LP9477 | 1940-03-08 | 1969-01-01 |
| SITTING PRETTY | 1940 | LP9601 | 1940-04-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| SLIGHTLY AT SEA | 1940 | LP9452 | 1940-02-09 | 1969-01-01 |
| SLIGHTLY HONORABLE | 1940 | LP9379 | 1940-01-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| SNAPPING TURTLE | 1940 | MP10832 | 1940-12-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| SNOW MAN | 1940 | MP11321 | 1940-12-18 | 1969-01-01 |
| SNUBBED BY A SNOB | 1940 | LP9790 | 1940-07-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| SOMETHING MORE THAN BEER | 1940 | MP10030 | 1940-02-15 | 1969-01-01 |
| SON OF MONTE CRISTO | 1940 | LP10039 | 1940-10-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| SON OF THE NAVY | 1940 | LP9522 | 1940-03-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| SOUNDIES NO, 1 | 1940 | MP10431 | 1940-08-10 | 1969-01-01 |
| SPEECH BY THE LATE PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE ON ECONOMY, GIVEN IN THE SPRING OF 1925 | 1940 | MP10059 | 1940-02-08 | 1969-01-01 |
| STAGECOACH WAR | 1940 | LP9769 | 1940-07-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| STORY OF NEOPRENE | 1940 | MP10450 | 1940-09-06 | 1969-01-01 |
| STRANGE CARGO | 1940 | LP9455 | 1940-03-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| SUGAR WIND | 1940 | MP9930 | 1940-01-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| SUNK BY THE CENSUS | 1940 | LP9910 | 1940-09-06 | 1969-01-01 |
| SY VE 1S VRONSKY AND BABIN | 1940 | MP12441 | 1940-11-04 | 1969-01-01 |
| TATTLE TALEVISION | 1940 | LP10050 | 1940-11-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| TECHNIQUE FOR THE ORAL APPLICATION OF ELECTRO SURGICAL METHODS | 1940 | MP10113 | 1940-04-15 | 1969-01-01 |
| TECHNIQUE OF LITHOGRAPHY | 1940 | MP11849 | 1940-05-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| TELEVISION PREVIEW | 1940 | MP10204 | 1940-04-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| THAT GANG OF MINE | 1940 | LP9950 | 1940-09-24 | 1969-01-01 |
| THREE COCKEYED SAILORS | 1940 | LP10639 | 1940-11-18 | 1969-01-01 |
| THREE MEN FROM TEX | 1940 | LP10060 | 1940-11-15 | 1969-01-01 |
| TIMID TOREADOR | 1940 | MP10742 | 1940-12-21 | 1969-01-01 |
| TOMBOY | 1940 | LP9637 | 1940-04-11 | 1969-01-01 |
| TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS | 1940 | LP9818 | 1940-07-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| TO NEW HORIZONS | 1940 | MP10402 | 1940-07-29 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRAILER TRAGEDY | 1940 | LP9944 | 1940-09-18 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRAILING DOUBLE TROUBLE | 1940 | LP10029 | 1940-09-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRAIL OF THE VIGILANTES | 1940 | MP10632 | 1940-10-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRIFLES OF IMPORTANCE | 1940 | MP10396 | 1940-06-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRIFLES OF IMPORTANCE | 1940 | MP10397 | 1940-06-27 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRIFLES OF IMPORTANCE | 1940 | MP10424 | 1940-07-18 | 1969-01-01 |
| TRIP TO BEDLOE ISLAND—TO SEE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY | 1940 | MP10510 | 1940-09-20 | 1969-01-01 |
| TULSA KID | 1940 | MP10436 | 1940-07-25 | 1969-01-01 |
| TULSA KID | 1940 | MP10447 | 1940-07-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| TULSA KID | 1940 | MP10470 | 1940-08-13 | 1969-01-01 |
| TURNABOUT | 1940 | MP10253 | 1940-05-31 | 1969-01-01 |
| TWINCUPLETS | 1940 | LP9543 | 1940-04-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| TWO OFA KIND | 1940 | MP10071 | 1940-03-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| TWO OFA KIND | 1940 | MP10082 | 1940-03-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| TWO’S A COUPLE | 1940 | MP10595 | 1940-10-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| UNDER TEXAS SKIES | 1940 | MP10484 | 1940-08-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| UNDER TEXAS SKIES | 1940 | MP10525 | 1940-10-17 | 1969-01-01 |
| UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., INC., NEW YORK, CHAP | 1940 | LP9831 | 1940-08-07 | 1969-01-01 |
| UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., INC., NEW YORK, CHAP | 1940 | LP9832 | 1940-08-07 | 1969-01-01 |
| UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., INC., NEW YORK, CHAP | 1940 | LP9833 | 1940-08-07 | 1969-01-01 |
| UNTAMED | 1940 | LP9812 | 1940-07-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 1940 | LP9926 | 1940-09-06 | 1969-01-01 |
| VACATION SAFETY | 1940 | MP10336 | 1940-05-20 | 1969-01-01 |
| VARSITY VANITIES | 1940 | LP9807 | 1940-07-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| VITAMIN BY | 1940 | MP10710 | 1940-09-18 | 1969-01-01 |
| WALDO’S LAST STAND | 1940 | LP10010 | 1940-10-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| WAY BACK WHEN A NAG WAS ONLY A HORSE | 1940 | LP9475 | 1940-03-08 | 1969-01-01 |
| WAY BACK WHEN A NIGHTCLUB WAS A STICK | 1940 | LP9628 | 1940-03-15 | 1969-01-01 |
| WAY BACK WHEN A TRIANGLE HAD ITS POINTS | 1940 | LP9566 | 1940-01-26 | 1969-01-01 |
| WAY BACK WHEN WOMEN HAD THEIR WEIGH | 1940 | LP9979 | 1940-09-27 | 1969-01-01 |
| WESTBOUND STAGE | 1940 | LP9312 | 1940-01-02 | 1969-01-01 |
| WEST OF PINTO BASIN | 1940 | LP10158 | 1940-10-01 | 1969-01-01 |
| WE WHO ARE YOUNG | 1940 | LP9811 | 1940-07-16 | 1969-01-01 |
| WHEELS ACROSS INDIA | 1940 | MP11065 | 1940-09-16 | 1969-01-01 |
| WHEN BOBBY GOES TO SCHOOL | 1940 | LP9598 | 1940-04-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| WHEN BOBBY GOES TO SCHOOL | 1940 | LP9599 | 1940-04-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| WHEN BOBBY GOES TO SCHOOL | 1940 | LP9600 | 1940-04-30 | 1969-01-01 |
| WHEN BOBBY GOES TO SCHOOL | 1940 | LP9643 | 1940-05-16 | 1969-01-01 |
| WILD HORSE RANGE | 1940 | LP9727 | 1940-06-24 | 1969-01-01 |
| WIMMIN IS A MYSKERY | 1940 | LP9655 | 1940-05-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| WINDOW CLEANERS | 1940 | LP9936 | 1940-08-22 | 1969-01-01 |
| WOODWORKER | 1940 | MP10752 | 1940-09-19 | 1969-01-01 |
| WORK OF THE KIDNEYS | 1940 | LP10134 | 1940-09-20 | 1969-01-01 |
| WYOMING | 1940 | LP9861 | 1940-08-23 | 1969-01-01 |
| YE: 4566 CHILDCARE—FEEDING THE INFANT | 1940 | MP10332 | 1940-03-11 | 1969-01-01 |
| YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES | 1940 | LP9582 | 1940-04-12 | 1969-01-01 |
| YUGOSLAVIA | 1940 | LP9758 | 1940-07-10 | 1969-01-01 |