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'''Music/Sounds:''' Most of the time it is silent, though some films have their intro music playing.

*Despite being around for a good 37 years, this logo was extremely difficult to find due to scarce use on certain films as well as rampant plastering by the means of MGM and later UA variants. Now with MGM sub-licensing its films to video labels who are doing new scans and remasters, they usually leave the original studio card indents intact on their film scans unlike MGM themselves. In recent years, this logo has started to become far more common than it was over the last few decades. Internationally it first debuted in Sweden in ''Stockholmsutställningen 1930''. In the United States, this logo is believed to be first seen on ''The Bat Whispers''.

* On some films, the text reads as "Released through" and lacks the eagle. Instead a single spotlight is seen, emerging from the bottom right corner.

* There's a colour version.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme to the film.

* Only two films are known to contain this logo, which are ''I Married a Witch'' and ''The Crystal Ball''.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, or has the opening theme or audio to the film playing over it.

'''Logo:''' It starts with two sets of {{color|blue}} lines going into place, one by one on a black background. One line turns to the left, another turns to the right, and so on. There are six lines altogether, revealing the logo of Transamerica Corporation, United Artists' former owner. The stylized {{color|blue}} "{{color|blue|T}}" design zooms out to the right side to make room for the company name "United Artists", which appears in an Impact font. A small byline pops in afterward, reading "Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation", which appears under the UA name.

'''Legacy:''' This logo is a favorite among many due to its unique animation and funky fanfare. It's also one of the earliest examples of brand unification, as Transamerica used the same font and logo throughout all of its divisions.

'''Logo:''' We see the text "United Artists" in a similar Impact font on a black background. A few seconds later, the {{color|blue}} "T" design fades in on the left side of the company name. Like the previous logo variant, the "T" is made up of 6 {{color|blue}} lines, with three stacked on top of each other on both sides. At the same time, a {{color|blue}} text that says "{{color|blue|A Transamerica Company}}" appears underneath the United Artists name.

* On ''Moonraker'', the logo was in freeze-frame.

* Depending on the film, the placement and colors of the logo would vary ever so slightly.

'''FX/SFX:''' Simple animation.

'''Logo:''' It's just the on-screen text of the 6th logo without the Transamerica "T" logo and byline.

*Was seen on the original American prints of ''Last Tango in Paris'' (although the original Magnetic Video Corporation VHS and Betamax uses the contemporary "Transamerica T"), ''Rancho Deluxe'', ''92 in the Shade'', ''Undercovers Hero'', ''Trackdown'', ''Drum'', and other sleaze films Transamerica wanted nothing to do with.  

*Currently appears on the 2002 MGM DVD and the Criterion DVD & BD releases of ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'', though streaming prints and overseas Blu-rays have the 2001 logo in its place.