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Foreword
Films and Other Statrriah for Projection prcscnis motion pictures, filmttript, tcts ol ti4ii\|>jrciuin. slide sets, and videoietordiiiKs lurreiitly cataloged by the l.iliiars u( Ckiiigiess, thus seising as an at(|tiiNitiun, reference, and reseaicli ttxil. Moreuver, inclusion ui the Library u( (Congress card nuniln-r with each entry makes the catalog useful in ordering Library of Congress ptinteil cards.
Ihe Library of Congress attempts to catalog all motion pictures, rilnistri|M, sets of ir.inNp.ireiuic-s, and slide sets released in the United States or C^anada which have educational or instructional value. At present, videorecordings are linuted to thosecITsriIT)uted by the National Audiovisual Center. Data needed for the catalog entries are supplied mainly by prcxlucers. manufacturers, rdm libraries, or distributing agencies. Ihe National Audiovisual Cxrnter provides information for United .Si.iic-s goveinmeni materials, including videorecordings. In most cases cataloging is done from the information thus provided, without actual viewing of the material itself.
From 1951 through April 1957. cards were |>rinicd for \irtually all the motion pictures and filmstrips registered for copyright during that period. but from May 1957 through 1971. cards were printed only for those copyrighted films that weic .uUicil lo the collciiiuns ol ihe Libiarv ol Congiess Beginning in 1972 cards have been printed almost entirely fiom data supplied by prcxlucing or distributing agencies.
Scope
Films and Other Materials for Projection ap|>ears in three quarterly issues ([anuary-.Nfarch, .\pril-|une. )uly-Septeml>er) . with annual .uul cpiinqucnnial cumulations. For the convenience of users, entries published in .in annual cumulation for the first time, without basing appeared in any of the three quarterly issues (or that year, are identified by an asterisk following the Library of Cx)ngress card numl)er.
Frecjuency
The Library of Congress began issuing printed cards for motion pictures and filmstrips in Septcmfier 1951. The cards printed in 1951 and 1952 were included in the issues of the Library of Congres\ Author Catalog during 1951 and 1952 and are repiesented in a s|>ecial quinquennial cumulation of the Library of Conf^ess Author Catalog, 1948-1952. The cards which represented films issued after January I. 1945. were also included in the 1951 and 1952 issues of the Library of Congress Subject Catalog and in the quin quennial cumulation of the Library of Congress Catalog — Books: Subjects, 19501954.
The LC catalogs in b<x)k form were reorganized in 1953 and Films became a separate catalog that year. In 1954 the title was changed to Motion Pictures and Filmstrips lo dcsign.iie more preciselv the kinds of material the catalog then embiaced. From 1951 lo 1972 the eiuiies in this catalog weie produced from printed Lilnary of Congress catalcjg cards. In early 1972 the Library f)egan lo iiulude film c.ii.dogiiin leconls in the M.XRC: d.ila base. Later in the sear, sets ol transpaic-iuirs .mil sluices were added lo the materials cataloged, and in 1973 the title of the bibliography was changed to its present form to reflect the expanded coverage.
History