The Battle

The Battle (1911) is a short American Civil War drama directed by D.W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company. According to the US Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent extensions, all works published or registered for copyright before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of their maximum 95-year term. Because this film was released in 1911, its copyright would have required renewal in its 28th year (circa 1939) and, even if renewed, would have expired at the end of 2006. In reality, as a pre-1928 work, it became public domain automatically regardless of renewal status once its statutory term ended. The film is currently held in several public archives, including the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art, and is widely available on public domain repositories such as the Internet Archive.