The Wild Ride

The Wild Ride was released in 1960 and was subject to the 1909 Copyright Act, which required a renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of the first term to extend protection for a second term. For a 1960 release, the renewal window was open in 1987 or 1988. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the US Copyright Office online records confirms that no renewal was ever filed for this title. Under the law at that time, failure to renew resulted in the work falling into the public domain at the end of its 28th year (December 31, 1988). The film is widely recognized as public domain by film historians and is frequently included in public domain collections from distributors like Alpha Video and Mill Creek Entertainment. It is also available for free download and streaming on the Internet Archive without restriction, further confirming its status.