Flies

The film 'Flies', part of the 'Science of Life' series produced by Urban-Kineto, was released in the United States in 1922. Under current United States copyright law, specifically the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status or authorship. As a 1922 production, the copyright on this film expired at the latest on December 31, 1997. It is now part of the public domain in the United States, and no registration or renewal searches are required to confirm this status. The film is frequently cited in educational filmographies and archive catalogs as a public domain work from the silent era.