Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

7(1)No copyright subsists in a film, as such, made before 1st June 1957.U.K.

(2)Where a film made before that date was an original dramatic work within the meaning of the 1911 Act, the new copyright provisions have effect in relation to the film as if it was an original dramatic work within the meaning of Part I.

(3)The new copyright provisions have effect in relation to photographs forming part of a film made before 1st June 1957 as they have effect in relation to photographs not forming part of a film.