# The Bandmaster (1931)

This short lapsed into the public domain due to a lack of copyright renewal. It can be shared in its entirety now that the original iteration of Oswald is fully in the public domain as of 2023.

- Kind: Cartoon
- Year: 1931
- Runtime: 6 min
- By: Walter Lantz, Bill Nolan
- Genres: Animation
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Bandmaster_(1931).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Walter Lantz, Bill Nolan
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/128943357?play=1)