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Merrie Melodies: A Day at the Zoo (1939)

Name: A Day at the Zoo
Genre: Animation
Released: 1939
Duration: 7 min

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Merrie Melodies: A Day at the Zoo (1939) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Saturday Morning (CH 7) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).

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About Merrie Melodies: A Day at the Zoo (1939)

A Day at the Zoo is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Fred Avery. The short was released on March 11, 1939.

The narrator showcases the animals in the Kalama Zoo, including a wolf in his natural habitat (standing next to a door, a play on the phrase "wolves at the door"), a pack of camels (smoking Camels), a North American Greyhound, "two bucks..." (white-tailed deer) "...and five (s)cents" (five skunks), as well as two friendly Elks, represented as literally two members of the titular club. The narrator showcases monkeys who toss peanuts to their spectators instead of vice versa.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article A Day at the Zoo (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Rights & source

Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia "List of animated films in the public domain in the United States" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States), which cites Film Superlist / copyright renewal records (not renewed). Character names/designs may remain trademarks; no character art used in site branding.
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
Source: Internet Archive

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