Public Domain
A Few Quick Facts
1944 · U.S. Army Signal Corps / United States Office of War Information
Disney short. Part of the "A Few Quick Facts" series.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'A Few Quick Facts' is a series of animated and live-action short films produced during World War II (roughly 1944–1945) by the U.S. Army Signal Corps for the 'Army-Navy Screen Magazine.' These films were created by employees of the United States federal government (specifically the Department of War) as part of their official duties during wartime.
Under 17 U.S.C. § 105, copyright protection is not available for any work of the United States Government. This means that all works produced by the federal government, including these information and propaganda shorts, are in the public domain from the moment of their creation. There is no requirement to search for renewals or copyright notices because the works were never eligible for copyright protection in the first place.
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Supporting facts
- 17 U.S.C. § 105
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Record Group 111
- Big Cartoon DataBase: A Few Quick Facts (United States Army Signal Corps)
- Library of Congress: Army-Navy Screen Magazine collection
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