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author: reilly-smith
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title: 'It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Pub Domain Superman!'
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date: '2016-09-29 00:06:00'
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cover: 'superman-banner.png'
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The grand goal of building the ultimate online library must start with the ultimate free library already in existence: the public domain.
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We're kicking off a trend of LBRY being the number one place to find top public domain content on the planet. It starts with the original Max Fleischer Superman cartoons.
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**<p align="center">Re-introducing Superman, from the original 1940s serial cartoons.</p>**
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> A total of seventeen shorts were produced. They were originally produced by [Fleischer Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischer_Studios), releasing the pilot and eight cartoons in 1941 and 1942 before being taken over in May by [Famous Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Studios), a successor company, who produced eight more in 1942 and 1943. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_cartoons))
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These are true gems in the hall of film history. Check out the first nine episodes today:
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- [*Superman* (a.k.a. *The Mad Scientist*)](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e1)
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- [*The Mechanical Monsters*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e2)
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- [*Billion Dollar Limited*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e3)
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- [*The Arctic Giant*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e4)
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- [*The Bulleteers*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e5)
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- [*The Magnetic Telescope*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e6)
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- [*Electric Earthquake*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e7)
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- [*Volcano*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e8)
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- [*Terror on the Midway*](https://open.lbry.com/superman1940-e9)
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**Not on LBRY yet?** [Get an invite here](https://lbry.com/get). Know some great public domain content to share? Have high-quality scans? Email [reilly@lbry.com](mailto:reilly@lbry.com) for a trip to the front of the line.
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