Alaska

The film 'Alaska' (1930) is a documentary/travelogue typical of the early sound era. Under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a formal renewal with the Copyright Office during their 28th year of protection to extend copyright to a second term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the relevant volumes of the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal registration for this title. Because the initial 28-year term expired without renewal, the work entered the public domain in the United States at the end of its first term (approximately 1958). This specific title is historically notable as a Kinemacolor/color-interest production, but it was not among the studio properties or major features that saw sustained commercial protection or renewal filings by successors in interest. The absence of a renewal record is definitive for films of this vintage in the U.S.