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The documentary Barging Through London, an 11-minute silent film, was made and released in the UK in 1924. It was directed by Harry B. Parkinson (1884-1970) and Frank Miller (fl. 1916-1938). The identity of the cameraman is not known.
The film includes a shot of the Regent's Canal Dock, East London with moored shipping and some buildings; in the foreground is a canal lock; there is no motion. The uploaded image comprises a single still from that shot. It is therefore a photograph of a stationary scene.
Copyright status today in the USA The work is in the public domain because it was first published before 1927.
Copyright status today in its country of origin 1. If a single still from Barging Through London is classified as a photograph within the meaning of article 6 of Directive 2006/116/EC, the identity of the cameraman is not specified and is unknown. By virtue of article 1.3 of the Directive, the copyright, if any, expired in 1924 + 70 years = 1994.
2. Barging Through London could be classified as a first fixation of a film within the meaning of article 3.3 of the Directive, but that would not apply to a still. It anyway would have entered the public domain in 1924 + 50 years = 1974 at the latest.
3. Since Harry B. Parkinson died in 1970, Barging Through London could be classified as a cinematograph or audiovisual work within the meaning of article 2 of the Directive, and this work would be copyright in the UK. But Parkinson was an author of the cinematograph - the moving picture. He was not the author of the still which is neither a cinematograph nor audiovisual. .
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