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Additional source information: This is a publicity photo taken to promote a filmmaker. For the book 小説 円谷英二―天に向かって翔たけ〈上〉 Tankobon Hardcover – March 1, 2003

"According to the old copyright act, such production stills were not automatically copyrighted as part of the film and required separate copyrights as photographic stills. The new copyright act similarly excludes the production still from automatic copyright but gives the film's copyright owner a five-year period in which to copyright the stills. Most studios have never bothered to copyright these stills because they were happy to see them pass into the public domain, to be used by as many people in as many publications as possible."

日本語: 昭和十年春、円谷英二は映画カメラマンとして軍艦『浅間』とともに南洋にあった。