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Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard.

Learn more about the creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 that have moved into the public domain in the US in 2025: https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025/

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Jan 1, 2025 at 10:45pmWeb
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurJan 2, 2025
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  What were they smoking at Walt Disney studios back then?  
Show threadLegion495Jan 2, 2025
@internetarchive It takes 100 years for it to go public? I kinda had in mind that company productions only would be protected by patent like timeframes around like 20 years.

Guess I was severely mistaken.
Show threadDan JonesJan 2, 2025

Thanks to Mickey, it's 95 years.

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Show threadAvi    Jan 2, 2025
@internetarchive holy shit
Show threadDan JonesJan 2, 2025

Now someone can remix this with Gershwin's American In Paris.

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Show threadLeah Jan 2, 2025
@internetarchive next episode on 2025: horrible low budget skeleton dance horror movie
Show threadroque (ロク)Jan 2, 2025
@internetarchive my students in Japan love the HELL out of this. Every Halloween a new crop of 5-year-olds learn to dance along with it. I don’t even teach them; they do it spontaneously. ☠️
Show threadIdKwHatIaMJan 2, 2025
@internetarchive spooky swagger skeletons
Show threadbjb  Jan 3, 2025

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In case you haven't seen this yet ...
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Show threadeclectechJan 3, 2025
@bjb Oh that's awesome, I've been keeping half an eye on what's coming up but missed that one - thanks!
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