Jack and the Beanstalk

This film, directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company, is definitively in the public domain in the United States. Under current US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have seen their copyright terms expire regardless of renewal or registration status. The film was originally registered as a series of still photographs (paper prints) for copyright protection purposes at the time of its release, as motion pictures were not yet recognized as a distinct category in the copyright law. As a production from 1902, it has long passed the maximum possible 95-year term of protection that would have applied to early 20th-century works. It is currently preserved by the Library of Congress and is widely available through the National Film Registry and Internet Archive.