Panorama of Ocean Beach and Cliff House

This short documentary film was produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company and filmed by G.W. Bitzer around May 1903. In the United States, all works published before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of their original copyright registration or renewal status. As a film from 1903, it falls well within the '1923/1928 rule' (updated by the Music Modernization Act and the expiration of the 95-year term). This specific film is preserved in the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection and is widely recognized as a public domain historical record of the San Francisco coastline prior to the 1906 earthquake.