List of animated films in the public domain in the United States

The following is a list of animated films in the public domain in the United States for which there is a source to verify its status as public domain under the terms of U.S. copyright law. For more information, see List of films in the public domain in the United States. Films published before 1925 are not included because all such films are in the public domain (Note: while the film in and of itself may be in the public domain, the original versions may incorporate elements that remain under separate copyright).

Some shorts listed here were produced for the United States government such as the Private Snafu series. Because they were produced for the U.S. government, they automatically fall into the public domain.

Warner Bros. Pictures

The films listed below were last owned by Warner Bros. when the time for their renewals came up.

Sources: Looney Tunes in the Public Domain at the Wayback Machine (archived March 26, 2016); and Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain.[1]

Looney Tunes
  1. Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
  2. Congo Jazz (1930)
  3. Hold Anything (1930)
  4. Booze Hangs High, The (1930)
  5. Box Car Blues (1930)
  6. Big Man from the North (1931)
  7. Ain't Nature Grand! (1931)
  8. Ups 'n Downs (1931)
  9. Dumb Patrol (1931)
  10. Yodeling Yokels (1931)
  11. Bosko's Holiday (1931)
  12. The Tree's Knees (1931)
  13. Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931)
  14. Bosko the Doughboy (1931)
  15. Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931)
  16. Bosko's Fox Hunt (1931)
  17. Bosko at the Zoo (1932)
  18. Battling Bosko (1932)
  19. Big-Hearted Bosko (1932)
  20. Bosko's Party (1932)
  21. Bosko and Bruno (1932)
  22. Bosko's Dog Race (1932)
  23. Bosko at the Beach (1932)
  24. Bosko and Honey (1932)
  25. Bosko's Store (1932)
  26. Bosko the Lumberjack (1932)
  27. Hollywood Capers (1935)
  28. Boom Boom (1936)
  29. Westward Whoa (1936)
  30. Porky's Moving Day (1936)
  31. Porky's Railroad (1937)
  32. Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)
  33. Porky's Garden (1937)
  34. Chicken Jitters (1939)
  35. Ali-Baba Bound (1940)
  36. Porky's Hired Hand (1940)
  37. Timid Toreador, The (1940)
  38. Haunted Mouse, The (1941)
  39. Joe Glow the Firefly (1941)
  40. Porky's Bear Facts (1941)
  41. Porky's Preview (1941)
  42. Porky's Ant (1941)
  43. Coy Decoy, A (1941)
  44. Porky's Prize Pony (1941)
  45. Meet John Doughboy (1941)
  46. We, the Animals Squeak! (1941)
  47. Henpecked Duck, The (1941)
  48. Notes to You (1941)
  49. Robinson Crusoe Jr. (1941)
  50. Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941)
  51. Porky's Pooch (1941)
  52. Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)
  53. Who's Who in the Zoo (1942)
  54. Porky's Cafe (1942)
  55. Saps in Chaps (1942)
  56. Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
  57. Nutty News (1942)
  58. Hobby Horse-Laffs (1942)
  59. Gopher Goofy (1942)
  60. Wacky Blackout (1942)
  61. Ducktators, The (1942)
  62. Eatin' On The Cuff (or The Moth Who Came to Dinner) (1942)
  63. Impatient Patient, The (1942)
  64. Daffy Duckaroo, The (1942)
  65. Confusions of a Nutzy Spy (1943)
  66. Hop and Go (1943)
  67. Tokio Jokio (1943)
  68. Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
  69. Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
  70. Puss n' Booty (1943)

Merrie Melodies
  1. Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)

United Artists

The films listed below were last owned by United Artists when the time for their renewals came up.

Sources: Looney Tunes in the Public Domain at the Wayback Machine (archived March 26, 2016); and Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain.[1]

Merrie Melodies
  1. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)
  2. One More Time (1931)
  3. You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931)
  4. Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931)
  5. Red-Headed Baby (1931)
  6. Pagan Moon (1932)
  7. Freddy the Freshman (1932)
  8. Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932)
  9. Goopy Geer (1932)
  10. It's Got Me Again! (1932)
  11. Moonlight for Two (1932)
  12. Queen Was in the Parlor, The (1932)
  13. I Love a Parade (1932)
  14. You're Too Careless With Your Kisses (1932)
  15. I Wish I Had Wings (1932)
  16. Great Big Bunch of You, A (1932)
  17. Three's a Crowd (1932)
  18. Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives, The (1933)
  19. I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)
  20. Jungle Jitters (1938)
  21. Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
  22. Hamateur Night (1939)
  23. Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
  24. Gold Rush Daze (1939)
  25. Day at the Zoo, A (1939)
  26. Prest-O Change-O (1939)
  27. Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)
  28. Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
  29. Early Worm Gets the Bird, The (1940)
  30. Farm Frolics (1941)
  31. Hollywood Steps Out (1941)
  32. Sport Chumpions (1941)
  33. All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)
  34. Rookie Revue (1941)
  35. Wabbit Who Came to Supper, The (1942)
  36. Wacky Wabbit, The (1942)
  37. Foney Fables (1942)
  38. Fresh Hare (1942)
  39. Fox Pop (1942)
  40. Dover Boys at Pimento University (or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall), The (1942)
  41. Sheepish Wolf, The (1942)
  42. Tale of Two Kitties, A (1942)
  43. Ding Dog Daddy (1942)
  44. Case of the Missing Hare (1942)
  45. Pigs in a Polka (1943)
  46. Fifth Column Mouse, The (1943)
  47. Flop Goes the Weasel (1943)
  48. Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
  49. Corny Concerto, A (1943)
  50. Falling Hare (1943)
  51. Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)

Popeye the Sailor cartoons
  1. I'm in the Army Now [2] (1936)
  2. Little Swee'Pea [2] (1936)
  3. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor [2] (1936)
  4. Paneless Window Washer, The [2] (1937)
  5. Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves [2] (1937)
  6. I Never Changes My Altitude [2] (1937)
  7. A Date to Skate [2] (1938)
  8. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp [2] (1939)
  9. Customers Wanted [2] (1939)
  10. Me Musical Nephews [2] (1942)
  11. Baby Wants a Battle [2] (1953)
  12. Taxi-Turvy [2] (1954)
  13. Bride and Gloom [2] (1954)
  14. Ancient Fistory [2] (1954)

Looney Tunes
  1. To Duck or Not to Duck (1943)
  2. Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
  3. Daffy - The Commando (1943)

Universal Pictures

The films listed below were last owned by Universal when the time for their renewals came up.

Source: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: List of Shorts in the Public Domain at the Wayback Machine (archived March 3, 2016)

  1. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
    1. Trolley Troubles (1927)
    2. Oh Teacher (1927)
    3. The Mechanical Cow (1927)
    4. Great Guns! (1927)
    5. The Ocean Hop (1927)
    6. The Banker’s Daughter (1927)
    7. Empty Socks (1927)
    8. Rickety Gin (1927)
    9. The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928)
    10. The Bandmaster (1931)
    11. Mechanical Man (1932)
    12. Making Good (1932)
    13. The Plumber (1933)
    14. The Quail Hunt (1935)
    15. Beach Combers (1936)
  • all 1948-49 and 1953 Coca-Cola advertisements
  • all advertisements for Albers, Auto-Lite, Carnation, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, and Kellogg's
  • The Amazing Recovery of Inbad the Ailer [industrial film for Saraka]
  • Blood is Needed [produced for the American Red Cross]
  • Boy Meets Dog (1938) [unreleased short for Ipana Toothpaste]
  • The Enemy Bacteria [instructional film for US Navy]
  • Gremlin Mr. N'Tane [instructional film for US Armed Forces]
  • House of Magic
  • Silly Superstition (1939)
  • Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)
  • Pantry Panic (1941)
  • The Story of Human Energy [educational film for the Corn Products Refining Co.]

National Periodical Publications

The films listed below were last owned by National Periodical Publications when the time for their renewals came up.

Superman cartoons
  1. Superman [3] (1941)
  2. Mechanical Monsters, The [3] (1941)
  3. Arctic Giant, The [3] (1942)
  4. Billion Dollar Limited [3] (1942)
  5. Bulleteers, The [3] (1942)
  6. Destruction Inc. [3] (1942)
  7. Electric Earthquake [3] (1942)
  8. Eleventh Hour [3] (1942)
  9. Japoteurs [3] (1942)
  10. Magnetic Telescope, The [3] (1942)
  11. Showdown [3] (1942)
  12. Terror on the Midway [3] (1942)
  13. Volcano [3] (1942)
  14. Jungle Drums [3] (1943)
  15. Mummy Strikes, The [3] (1943)
  16. Secret Agent [3] (1943)
  17. Underground World, The [3] (1943)

U.M. & M. TV

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  1. The Discontented Canary (1934)
  2. To Spring (1936)
  3. Jerky Turkey (1945)
  4. Doggone Tired (1949)

Walt Disney Productions
  1. Steamboat Willie (1928)[6][7] (Disney disputes the assertion that the copyright notice is defective)[8]
  2. Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930)
  3. The Mad Doctor [9] (1933)
  4. Education for Death (1943)
  5. Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952)[10]
  6. Hooked Bear (1956)

U.S. Government films

The films listed below are works of the United States government, which makes them public domain.

Sources: Looney Tunes in the Public Domain at the Wayback Machine (archived March 26, 2016); and Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain.[1]

Private Snafu (Warner Bros.)
  1. Booby Traps
  2. Censored
  3. Chow Hound, The
  4. Coming! Snafu!
  5. Fighting Tools
  6. Gas
  7. Going Home
  8. Gripes
  9. Home Front, The
  10. Hot Spot
  11. In the Aleutians
  12. Infantry Blues, The
  13. Goldbrick, The
  14. It's Murder She Says
  15. Lecture On Camouflage, A
  16. Private Snafu Vs. Malaria Mike
  17. Rumors
  18. Secrets of the Caribbean
  19. Snafuperman
  20. Spies
  21. Target: Snafu
  22. Three Brothers, The
  23. Operation: Snafu
  24. Outpost
  25. Pay Day
  26. No Buddy Atoll

Mr. Hook (Warner Bros.)
  1. Good Egg, The
  2. Return of Mr. Hook, The
  3. Tokyo Woes

Other government films
Warner Bros.
  1. 90 Day Wondering
  2. Any Bonds Today?
  3. Drafty, Isn't It?
  4. Hitch in Time, A
  5. Point Rationing of Foods
  6. So Much for So Little
Walter Lantz Productions
  • Take Heed Mr. Tojo (1943) [instructional film for US Navy with Mr. Hook]
  • all 1943-44 stop-motion instructional films for the US Navy
Walt Disney Productions

Others

References
  1. Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain by Walter E. Hurst.
  2. Grandinetti, Fred (2004). Popeye: an illustrated cultural history. McFarland & Company. p. 125. ISBN 9780786416059.
  3. Rossen, Jake (2008). Superman Vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 9781569765012.
  4. John M. Miller, "Mr. Bug Goes to Town aka Hoppity Goes to Town", Turner Classic Movies
  5. David Kehr (March 6, 2009). "Classics From Disney and a Lilliputian Competitor". New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  6. Menn, Joseph (August 22, 2008). "Disney's rights to young Mickey Mouse may be wrong". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  7. Vanpelt, Lauren (Spring 1999). "Mickey Mouse -- A Truly Public Character". Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
  8. Hedenkamp, Douglas A. "Free Mickey Mouse: Copyright Notice, Derivative Works, and the Copyright Act of 1909 (Spring, 2003)". Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal (2).
  9. "Halloween Horror: "The Mad Doctor" (1933) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  10. Taking a Spin with “Susie, The Little Blue Coupe”|Cartoon Research
  11. "The Spirit of '43 | Public Domain Movies". publicdomainmovie.net. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  12. "The Hubley’s Oscar-winning short Moonbird (1959) has lately been available as a scratchy public domain print on cheap truck-stop DVD collections of random cartoons."
  13. Heldenfels, Rich (19 December 2013). "Mailbag: 'Rudolph' numerals wrong in opening credits". Akron Beacon-Journal.
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