Public Domain
An American in the Making
1913 · Thanhouser Film Corporation / United States Steel · Dir. Carl Gregory
An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
Under the US Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent extensions (including the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act), all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. 'An American in the Making' was released in 1913, placing it well before this statutory cutoff.
The film was produced by the Thanhouser Film Corporation in collaboration with United States Steel as a social drama and industrial film designed to showcase safety measures and the assimilation of immigrants into the American workforce. Regardless of its original registration status (LP702, registered April 21, 1913), the maximum possible term of 95 years has expired, rendering the film public domain in the United States.
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Supporting facts
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