HOW TO USE THE CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT ENTRIES, PARTS 12-13
Motion Pictures and Filmstrips (Parts 12-13) lists published and unpublished motion pictures regis- tered in Classes Land M and filmstrips registered in Class J. These registrations include such films as feature pictures, cartoons, newsreels, industrial films, classroom films, television films, etc. Filmstrips are also listed in Parts 7-11A. Many of the recording scripts made to accompany filmstrips are registered in Classes C and D and are listed in Parts 3-4. Renewal registrations of motion pictures are listed in a separate section. Each film is described in a main entry and cross-references are provided to facilitate the location of the main entries.
Parts 12-13 are composed of five sections. The first 15 a list of main entries for films currently registered, arranged alphabetically under the titles appearing at the beginning of the entries. Interfiled with these are cross-reference entries beginning with other titles for which a searcher might look; in each case, the cross-reference refers the searcher to the title under which the main entry can be found. The second section is a classified list of the registered films, arranged according to their general type or intended use. The third section is a subject index to the published nontheatrical motion pictures and to selected filmstrips, arranged under broad subject headings. The fourth section, similar in arrange’ ment to the first section, is a list of renewal registra- tions. The fifth section is an index to the names of the claimants, producing companies, sponsors, and authors given in the main entries both for works currently registered and for renewal registrations. The latter are distinguished in the index by the symbol R following the title of the work. In some instances the names of the releasing agents, if dif- ferent from the producing companies, and of the American distributors of films of foreign origin are included in the index.
The main entries are listed under titles and cross- references are made for the titles of the literary works on which the motion pictures registered are based and for other titles connected with these works.
Each main entry for films currently registered includes, in addition to the title used as the heading, the following information descriptive of the work, if available and applicable:
1) Production statement.
2) Date of release.
3) Physical description, i. e., running time or number of reels, width of film, etc.
4) Series title.
5) Published work on which the film is based or with which it is correlated.
6) Summary of the content of the work.
7) Leading credits and actors.
8) Names of authors given in the application which do not appear elsewhere in the entry.
9) Name of the employer in the case of a work made for hire, if so named in the application, together with the names of the employees.
10) Information contained in the application which relates to the registration of an earlier version of the work.
Information relating specifically to the claim of copyright is preceded by the copyright symbol © and includes:
1) A brief statement of the new matter on which copyright is claimed when this information is given in the application.
2) Name of the claimant.
3) For published works, date of publication as given in the application; for unpublished works, day, month, and year on which the last of all the items required to complete copyright (i. e., each of the following: title, copy description and representative prints in the case of motion pictures—application and fee) was received in the Copyright Office.
4) Registration number.
An explanatory note is added to the main entry whenever it is necessary to indicate a variance in information which relates to the date of publication
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