The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
This film's earliest documented telecast occurred Monday 19 March 1945 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). In Washington DC it first aired Sunday 27 March 1949 on WMAL (Channel 7), in Dayton Friday 22 April 1949 on WHIO (Channel 13), in Albuquerque Saturday 4 June 1949 on KOB (Channel 4), in Atlanta Thursday 18 August 1949 on WAGA (Channel 5), in Los Angeles Thursday 16 February 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5), and in Cincinnati Sunday 9 April 1950 on WCPO (Channel 7).