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Merrie Melodies: Sport Chumpions (1941)

Name: Sport Chumpions
Genre: Animation
Released: 1941
Duration: 7 min

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Merrie Melodies: Sport Chumpions (1941) 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: Sport Chumpions (1941)

Sport Chumpions is a 1941 American animated comedy short film directed by Isadore Freleng. The cartoon was released on August 16, 1941.

The film consists of a series of unrelated gags about sports. An archer shoots four bullseyes in a row, revealing that he did this in close proximity of the target. A billiards player hits the cue balls, which drift perfectly to one of the table's corners. Two ping pong players play a match without any abnormalities, though the audience's eyeballs follow the action in a close-up. A skier is promised to make the highest and most treacherous ski jump, only to jump a single step at the bottom of the slope.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Sport Chumpions (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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