Business screen magazine (1967)

audio-visual programs of the U.S. government: tudij: Years of Ligblniiifi. Diiy of Dniiiis, an 85niinvite color Icatiiic on President Kennedy's term in office. The film has played in over 1000 commercial theaters. To date 29 language versions have been shown in 117 countries. PARTHENON Vy PICTURES HOLLYWOOD It is true, as you may have heard, that Parthenon is concerned with the development of a new type of motion picture display system, with usefulness to business and to education. However, the equipment will not be deliverable in quantities for some time. And then it will be available only to a relatively few organizations with certain specialized characteristics and needs. (Most of these organizations have already been informed. ) The system is intended for new usages of the film medium; not competitive with. nor replacing, current applications of conventional business and educational films. Therefore, except for organizations already contacted, film users have no reason to delay contracting for any contemplated film productions, nor postpone purchase or leases of Fairchild, Technicolor, Eastman, or other presently available quality equipment. — Cap Palmer PARTHENON PICTURES 2625 Temple Street, Los Angeles 90026 (Area 213) 385-3911 THE PEACE CORPS Washington, D. C. 20525 Kobert Ilaupt. Adiiiiiiislrutivc Assistant OlfUc of riditk .\ffairs Plione; (202) 382-3737 Activities: Limited film activity. DisTHiBi'Tiox: Two films, .4 Mission of Discovrnj (1964) and A Choke I Made (1965) are distrib\ited b\ I'liited World Free Films through 30 outlets ill coiitiiieiilal I'.S.. Alaska and Hawaii. A third film, .Assijinment : Latigkaui (1965), a story of Peace Corps nurses in .\lalaysia, is available on free loan to nursing schools and nursing organizations from Peace Corps, Washington. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington, D. C. 20540 Dr. Edgar Breitenbach, Chief, Prints and Photographs Div. Phone; STerling 3-0400, ext. 217 John B. Kuiper, Head, Motion Picture Section Phone; STerling 3-0400, e.\t. 721 Paul Spehr, Motion Picture Librarian Phone: STerling 3-0400, e.\t. 721 Joseph W. Rogers, Chief. Copyright Cataloging Division, Copyright Office Phone; STerUng 3-0400, ext. 458 Mrs. Katharine W. Clugston, Audio-Visual Specialist. Descriptive Cataloging Div. Phone; STerling 3-0400, ext. 484 Mrs. Virginia Colbert, Acting Head, Special Services Section, Card Division Phone: STerling 3-0400, ext. 8039 • The Librap.' of Congress has an unrivalled collection of American films dating from the infancy of the motion-picture industry, which it has acquired through the operation of the copyright law and through gifts, and it also has a large body of foreign films turned over to it as a result ot wartime seizure. The Library's activities in the motion-picture field include the registration of claims to copyright, the acquisition of fibis, the cataloging of films and related bibliographical data. The Library's Cop\right Office has registered claims to copxright for motion pictures since 1894, when the first examples of this medium were deposited in the Library in the form of photographic paper prints; since 1912 the copyright law has provided for the registration and deposit of motion pictures as such. Generally, under the provisions of the motion-picture copyright agreement between the Library of Congress and the motion-picture proprietors, the films are returned to the copyright proprietor by the Library after registration, but the Library has the right to claim tile deposits for its collections later. The Copyright Cataloging Division of the Copyright Office prepares a semi-annual Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, which lists all such materials registered Q33[iG23 132II57 SOC22ESSCS C^^ oi)\ right 111 the United St published b\' the Library and sold by the Government Printing Office. It has also prepared four cumulati\'e catalogs entitled Motion Pictures, which together cover registrations of films for the years 1894-1959 and which are for sale liy the Government Printing Office. In addition, the Library's Descriptive and Subject Cataloging Divisions catalog educational films, using data submitted largely by producers and distributors, and the Library publishes this cataloging information in two useful forms for purchase by other libraries or individuals. One form is the printed catalog card, which any filmuser ma\' purchase to establish his own cardcatalog for the control of his collection and for the dissemination of film information. The other is a book-catalog reproduced photographicalKfrom the printed cards and containing a detailed subject-index, adequately cross-indexed; entitled Library of Congress Catalog — Motion Pictures and Film-Slrips. this publication is issued quarterly and in annual cumulation, and it also appears as a volume in the quinquennial cumulation of the Library's National Union Catalog. Both the printed catalog cards and the bookcatalog may be purchased from the Card Division. Librar\' of Congress, Building 1.59, Navy yard .\nnex, Washington, D.C. 20541. The Library's collection of motion pictures comprises about 86,000 reels and is in the custody of the Prints and Photographs Division in the Reference Department. It is primarily an archive in nature, and reference service is limited to assisting research activities. The Library does not lend motion pictures, but some films ina\' be copied under certain conditions; copying requires the signing of a standard agreement concerning the clearance of copyright and the copyand Records Service. • GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION The National Archives and Records Service Sth and Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C. 20408 James E. Gibson, Special As.it. to the Archivist of the United States for Audio-Visual Matters Phone: 963-4275 James W. Moore, Chief. .\udio-Visual Branch Phone: 963-6493 • The National Archixes and Records Service is the repository for more than 50 million feet of historical motion pictures created b\' 100 Federal agencies and several non-government producers. The ever-growing collection includes a wide range of subjects coxering the period from 1896 to the present. Films are not loaned, but max' be \iexved by researchers, film producers or their authorized representatixes. Duplicate negatives or masters of films or scenes max' be purchased by individuals or producing companies subject to consent of the depositing agencies and copyright restrictions, if any. .At its new Federal Records Center in Suitland. Md., the National .-Vrchixes and Records Serxice preprint materials of current motion pictures produced by or for Federal agencies. Federal ;igeiicies xvhich, in the past, haxe relied on commercial producers and laboratories to store these materials are being encouraged to use this nexv central facility. A completely nexv service noxv being offered to Federal agencies by the National .Xrchixes and Records Service is that of a color motion picture stock footage librarx . Recentlx started \xith the acquisition of a small stock footage library from one agencx', it is anticipated that it will eventually serx'e as a central stock footage library for most non-Defense Federal agencies, (^olor masters of scenes in this library are axailable for sale to Federal agencies, indixiduals ;iiid producing companies on the s;une basis as masters ;ind negatixes of films belonging to the historical collections in the National Archives ing of equivalent footage for the Library. • 84 BUSINESS SCREEN • 1967