Uncle Sam Donates for Liberty Loans

This film is definitively in the public domain for two independent reasons. First, under 17 U.S.C. § 105, any work of the United States Government is not eligible for copyright protection and resides in the public domain from its creation. This film was produced as a propaganda short by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to promote the sale of Liberty Bonds during World War I. Second, even if it had been a private production, the film was released in 1918 (and likely 1919 for various loan drives); all works published in the United States prior to January 1, 1928, have seen their copyright terms expire as a matter of law, placing them in the public domain regardless of registration or renewal status. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.