Public Domain
A Temporary Truce
1912 · Biograph Company · Dir. D.W. Griffith
A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime, a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian; The son, a brave, vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. When the Indians attack both prospector and Mexican, these two make a temporary truce and join forces against the common enemy.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
A Temporary Truce is a short Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company. It was released on June 10, 1912. Under US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status or notice.
The maximum term of copyright for works published in 1912 was 56 years (an initial 28-year term plus a 28-year renewal), meaning the copyright would have expired in 1968 at the latest. However, since the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act only extended the term of works still under copyright at that time (those from 1923 and later), this 1912 production is definitively in the public domain in the United States.
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