Motion pictures, 1973 : Catalog of copyright entries, third series, volume 27, parts 12-13

This volume collects the official copyright registrations for motion pictures filed between January and June 1973. Compiled by the U.S. Copyright Office, it lists each film’s title, claimant, registration number, and filing date, along with brief descriptions that help identify the work. Researchers and legal professionals can use the catalog as a reliable snapshot of the industry’s output during that half‑year, with the entries serving as prima facie evidence in copyright disputes.

The catalog is organized by class symbols and includes pricing information for the semiannual issues, as well as notes on renewal listings that appear at the end of each section. A concise preface explains the legal framework behind the listings and how copies of the works were deposited at the time of registration. For anyone tracing the history of American cinema or needing authoritative bibliographic data, this reference offers a clear, systematic record of the period’s film copyrights.