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Superman: Secret Agent (1943)

Name: Secret Agent
Genre: Animation
Released: 1943
Duration: 7 min

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Superman: Secret Agent (1943) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Laugh Track (CH 3) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).

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About Superman: Secret Agent (1943)

Secret Agent (1943) is the last of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Famous Studios, the cartoon was originally released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on July 30, 1943.

Clark Kent, while stopped at a drug store, sees a group of men trying to gun down another car. The gunmen's car crashes into the drug store and they steal Clark's car. Clark dashes to catch up and grabs onto the rear of his car. The two cars pass by a police car which chases them down. The gangsters try to shoot at the police, but Clark grabs the gangster's gun and throws it away.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Secret Agent (1943 film) (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.
Credit: Content note: This cartoon contains ethnic and racial stereotypes and/or wartime propaganda that were wrong then and are wrong now. It is presented as a historical document.
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
Source: Internet Archive

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