Adventure in Iraq

Adventure in Iraq was released by Warner Bros. on October 9, 1943, and was originally registered for copyright under LP12258. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works from 1943 required a renewal filing between the 27th and 28th year of their first term to maintain protection for a second term. For this film, the renewal window was approximately 1970–1971. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database, the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), and Film Superlist (Hurst) indicates that Warner Bros. (the original claimant) failed to renew the copyright for this specific title. While Warner Bros. was generally diligent in renewing its library, several 'B' pictures and minor titles from this era inadvertently lapsed into the public domain. Because no renewal record was found during the statutory window, the copyright expired in late 1971. The film is widely recognized in public domain filmographies and is frequently distributed by public domain specialty labels, such as Alpha Video. Its status as public domain is consistent with the lack of a renewal record for LP12258.