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Warner Bros.: So Much for So Little (1949)

Name: So Much for So Little
Genre: Animation
Released: 1949
Duration: 10 min

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Warner Bros.: So Much for So Little (1949) is a 10-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 Warner Bros.: So Much for So Little (1949)

So Much for So Little is a 1949 American animated short documentary film directed by Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng. In 1950, it won an Oscar at the 22nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject, tying with A Chance to Live.

The cartoon begins by stating that, annually, 118,481 babies — out of well over two million born — will die before reaching their first birthday. From there, we are shown John E. Jones, a baby who, unless good oversight of the environment is maintained and John himself is provided consistently good healthcare, may potentially add to this statistic. Most of John's life is depicted: his school years, marriage, later life (as a father), and his golden years. Along the way, health service information is detailed.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article So Much for So Little (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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