Field has no indicators or subfield codes; the data elements
are positionally defined.
When field 007/00 contains code m, it contains special coded
information about the physical characteristics of a
motion picture.
01 - Specific material designation
Special class of motion picture to which the item belongs.,
e.g., a film reel.
c - Film cartridge
Encased in a cartridge that has the ends joined together
to form a loop that provides playback without rewinding.
f - Film cassette
Encased in a cassette that winds and rewinds
reel-to-reel.
o - Film roll
A wound length of film not in a reel, cartridge, etc.
r - Film reel
Open reel of motion picture film designed for use with a
projector having its own take-up reel.
Includes sound track film intended to accompany visual
images actually not present.
u - Unspecified
Special material designation for the motion picture is
not specified.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
03 - Color
Color characteristics of a motion picture.
b - Black-and-white
Printed or executed in black-and-white.
c - Multicolored
Printed or executed in more than one color. Used for
color photographic processes.
h - Hand colored
Motion picture, produced by a printing or photographic
process, is hand colored. Rarely used with commercial
films since these are not typically issued with hand
coloring.
m - Mixed
Work or collection is a combination of black-and-white,
multicolored, hand colored, and/or other images.
n - Not applicable
Color characteristics are not applicable because the item
has no images.
Used, for example, when the item in hand is sound track
film intended to accompany visual images not actually
present.
u - Unknown
Color characteristics of the motion picture are not
known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate (e.g., toned,
stained, tinted, etc.)
| - No attempt to code
04 - Motion picture presentation format
Presentation format for motion pictures.
Wide-screen is usually indicated with terms such as
Techniscope, Todd-AO, Super-Panavision, etc.
a - Standard sound aperture (reduced
frame)
Used for non-wide-screen formats.
Includes all standard sound 35 mm., 16 mm., and super 8
mm. film. Should be used even for silent films in which a
space has been left for the inclusion of a sound track,
i.e., where a full frame silent picture has been cropped
to allow space for a sound track.
b - Nonanamorphic (wide-screen)
Wide-screen effect without optically compressing the
image or requiring the use of special projection
techniques.
Nonanamorphic wide-screen process is primarily associated
with 35 mm. and larger film gauges where the image on the
film is natural (not optically compressed) and of smaller
frame height, which is expanded by projection on a wide
screen through the use of normal lenses and the
appropriate aperture plate to give the required aspect
ratio.
c - 3D
Films which achieve a three-dimensional effect originally
through the use of two projectors which superimpose two
images of the film on the screen (usually a wide screen).
It is usually associated with 35 mm. film. Polarized
lenses worn by viewers help to create the impression of
depth and dimension.
d - Anamorphic (wide-screen)
Films which achieve the wide-screen effect through the
use of an image which is optically compressed or squeezed
horizontally. It is then expanded to the correct
proportions by projection on a wide screen with the use
of special lenses that give greater magnification
laterally than vertically. Introduced and adopted for
commercial use in 1953 under the name of Cinemascope,
followed by Techniscope (1963), Naturama, Panavision,
etc. Also used for 16 mm. film which employs this
process.
e - Other wide-screen format
Any other wide-screen process not covered by other codes.
Includes Cinerama, Viterama, Cinemiracle, Circarama and
other formats that achieve a wide-screen effect though
the use of simultaneous projection of separate prints on
very large, sometimes deeply curved screens through the
use of multiprojectors that build up the projected
picture by a series of images, generally side-by-side.
f - Standard silent aperture (full frame)
35 mm. film on which the exposed picture is approximately
the width of the space between the perforation holes of
the frame.
Standard format for silent film from about 1899 until the
late 1920's when sound film was introduced and the frame
size decreased to make room for the sound track.
u - Unknown
Presentation format of the motion picture is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate. An example of
this is the 70 mm. Imax format which is a
non-rectangular, circular 180 degree limited use format
that is not standardized. Imax may not technically be
considered a wide-screen format because it does not have
an aspect ratio, but it does achieve a wide-screen
effect.
| - No attempt to code
06 - Medium for sound
Specific medium used to carry the sound of an item (whether
that sound is carried on the item itself or is in the form
of accompanying material) and the type of sound playback
required.
Used in conjunction with the information coded in 007/05
(Sound on medium or separate) and 007/07 (Dimensions).
Typically, the carriers of sound are: 1) optical and/or
magnetic track on a film reel or encased in a cassette or
cartridge; 2) audio or video tape which may be on a reel or
encased in a cassette or cartridge; and 3) sound or
videodisc.
# - No sound (silent)
Sound is not present (i.e., the item is intended to be
silent).
a - Optical sound track on motion picture
film
Sound to accompany a motion picture is carried on an
optical track that is part of the film. Optical sound is
the most commonly used process for 16 and 35 mm. film.
b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture
film
Sound to accompany a motion picture is carried on a
separate magnetic track that is part of the film. 70 mm.
motion picture films often include magnetic sound tracks.
c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
Accompanying sound is carried on a magnetic audio tape
cartridge.
d - Sound disc
Sound to accompany an item is carried on a sound disc.
Sound discs include 7, 10, and 12 in. vinyl phonograph
records and 4 3/4 in. compact discs.
e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
Sound to accompany an item is carried on a reel of
magnetic audio tape.
f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
Sound to accompany an item is carried on a cassette of
magnetic audio tape.
g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion
picture film
Sound to accompany a motion picture is carried on both an
optical and magnetic track.
h - Videotape
Sound to accompany an item is included as part of a
videotape. Videotape is not ordinarily used to record
only sound.
i - Videodisc
Sound to accompany an item is included as part of a
videodisc. Videodiscs are not ordinarily used to record
only sound. A distinction must be made between videodiscs
(e.g., 12 in. laser-scan videodiscs that include video
information) and compact discs that are used to record
sound only (e.g., 4 3/4 in. audio compact discs). The
technology to physically record video or audio
information on digital disc systems is the same.
u - Unknown
Medium for sound is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
07 - Dimensions
Width of a motion picture.
Only codes that exactly match the measurements of the item
as given in the physical description should be used. If no
code exactly matches, code z is used.
a - Standard 8 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is standard 8 mm. Motion
pictures termed Mauer 8 mm. are recorded as code
a.
b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is super 8 mm. Single 8
mm. motion picture film is a Japanese equivalent of super
8 mm. motion picture film.
c - 9.5 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is 9.5 mm.
d - 16 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is 16 mm.
e - 28 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is 28 mm.
f - 35 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is 35 mm.
g - 70 mm.
Width of the motion picture film is 70 mm.
u - Unknown
Dimensions are not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
08 - Configuration of playback channels
Configuration of playback channels for the sound portion of
a motion picture.
Should be coded based on a clear indication of intended
playback. These codes do not refer to the configuration of
channels originally recorded unless those channels are all
intended to be available on playback.
k - Mixed
More than one configuration of playback channels is
available on a single motion picture.
An example would be a film with both monaural optical and
stereophonic magnetic sound tracks.
m - Monaural
Configured to be played back on one channel.
n - Not applicable
Film is silent, has no sound or sound is on separate
medium (007/05 contains b).
Also used when describing an item with separate sound.
The configuration of playback channels for the separate
sound track would be described in another 007
representing the sound recording on accompanying material
(e.g., sound on cassette).
q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or
surround
Configured to be played back or more than two channels.
Used for Dolby surround sound tracks and other
multichannel techniques.
s - Stereophonic
Configured to be played back on two separate channels.
Use when the medium is not monaural and when it is not
possible to ascertain that multiple playback sources are
available or intended.
u - Unknown
Configuration of sound playback channels is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
09 - Production elements
Whether the film is part of a complete production or is a
preliminary or post-production element.
Materials described in this character position do not
represent a complete work (i.e., a finished film).
a - Workprint
Print from the original camera footage which is edited to
a fine degree to achieve the final version.
b - Trims
Sections of shots remaining after the desired portions
have been incorporated into the workprint.
c - Outtakes
Shots discarded in the editing of a film.
d - Rushes
First positive prints from the laboratory of the previous
day's shooting.
Also called dailies.
e - Mixing tracks
Separate sound tracks that are combined for the final
film sound track.
Mixing tracks may include music, sound effects, and
dialog tracks.
f - Title bands/inter-title rolls
Printed captions or titles separated from their
corresponding picture.
g - Production rolls
Various types of production elements (film usually wound
on cores) before they are cut and assembled into reels.
n - Not applicable
Item is not a production element.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
10 - Positive/negative aspect
Whether the film is positive or negative.
Positive/negative aspect of motion picture film is related
to the kind of emulsion bonded to and supported by a film
base.
a - Positive
Colors and/or tonal values are the same as the original
subject matter.
b - Negative
For a black-and-white film, tonal values are the opposite
of those in the original subject matter. For a color
film, tonal values are the complements of the original
subject matter (e.g., red appears as green in a color
negative).
n - Not applicable
Film does not have a positive/negative aspect.
u - Unknown
Positive/negative aspect of the film is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
11 - Generation
How far away from the original material the item is (e.g.,
the actual negative film or original videotape in the
camera). Generation data is used to evaluate the quality of
available copies, to make preservation decisions, and to
identify materials available for viewing and research.
Concept of generation represents the photographic
process required to create, duplicate, and preserve moving
image materials. Material that is produced successively
from the original is second, third, fourth, etc. generation
material (e.g., original negative to master-positive to
duplicate negative to reference print).
d - Duplicate
Duplicate that is usually negative, referred to as a dupe
neg, and is a reproduction of the original picture or
sound track. A duplicate negative is made from a master
positive, which in turn was made from an earlier
negative. A duplicate is at least three generations from
the original. Duplicate negatives may be prepared either
to obtain characteristics not present in the original
image, as in special effects work, or to protect and
extend the production availability of the assembled
original negative as when duplicate negatives are
prepared for release printing simultaneously at different
labs.
e - Master
Master that is usually positive and referred to as a
master positive. It is a specially prepared positive
print made from an earlier generation negative film and
used for the preparation of duplicate negatives rather
than for projection. The master is normally considered
second generation material.
o - Original
Original that is usually negative. It is film exposed in
a camera and thus of better quality than any subsequent
generation or derivative. When referring to older film,
an original is almost always a negative. However, the
original film may also be a reversal positive.
r - Reference print/viewing copy
Reference print (ref print) that is defined technically
as a release print which has been approved by the
producer and director of a film. A reference print may
also mean a print kept as a reference print to evaluate
the quality of subsequent prints. In film archives, the
term is used to indicate that a film may be viewed by
researchers. It is not original, master, or duplicate
material.
u - Unknown
Generation stage of the film is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
12 - Base of film
Safety base film is a comparatively nonflammable film base
that meets ISO requirements for a safety base. On some
film, the phrase safety film appears on the edge
of motion pictures. Nitrate film base is a highly flammable
film base that does not meet the ISO requirements for
safety base film.
a - Safety base, undetermined
Safety base film whose type has not been identified.
c - Safety base, acetate undetermined
Acetate safety base film whose exact type cannot be
determined, i.e., where it is unknown if the type is
diacetate or triacetate.
d - Safety base, diacetate
Cellulose diacetate film base. Introduced before World
War I for home movies, diacetate base was more expensive
and unpredictable than nitrate base and so failed to gain
acceptance in professional 35 mm. film production.
i - Nitrate base
Cellulose nitrate film base. Cellulose nitrate support or
base was used in the manufacture of 35 mm. film (and some
17.5 mm. film) until 1951. Nitrate base film is no longer
manufactured.
m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)
Combination of nitrate base and safety base film. The use
of a mixed base was common in the early 1950s when
nitrate base stock shots were spliced with safety base
film for low-budget motion pictures. In such releases, up
to 50% of the film consisted of stock shots on nitrate
base film.
n - Not applicable
Item does not have a film base, e.g., paper film.
p - Safety base, polyester
Film base made of a synthetic resin (e.g., estar).
r - Safety base, mixed
Mixed safety base films spliced together, but no
nitrate film.
t - Safety base, triacetate
Cellulose triacetate film base. Cellulose triacetate is a
high acetal compound with very low flammability and slow
burning characteristics. From 1951, triacetate has been
used for professional as well as for amateur produced
moving image film.
u - Unknown
Base of the film is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
13 - Refined categories of color
More specific color characteristics of the moving image
than are contained in 007/03 (Color).
If the color portions of the item include more than one
color process, a code for the predominant color process is
given. The additional color processes are described in
field 500 (General Note).
a - 3 layer color
Three layers of emulsion: cyan, magenta, and yellow. Each
layer is sensitive to its own primary color. Beginning in
the early 1950's, color film work has been done primarily
on 3 layer, also called multilayer, film. This process is
also known as integral tri-pack.
b - 2 color, single strip
Single strip of film was exposed with pairs of images by
means of a beam-splitter prism. One of the pairs of
images was exposed through a red filter and one through a
green filter. The resulting negative was used to produce
both prints consisting of two strips cemented together,
and, later in the history of the process, two color dye
transfer prints. Also known as red and green
Technicolor, the process was used exclusively by
Technicolor and had its heyday between 1922 and 1933,
although it was used until 1936 for animated cartoons.
c - Undetermined 2 color
System of color reproduction, which cannot be
specifically identified, in which the visible spectrum is
divided either into blue and red regions or into green
and red regions for recording and presentation. Although
extensively used in early color film processes, the
inherent inability of two components to reproduce a
satisfactory range of hues rendered all such systems
obsolete when three-color processes became readily
available and relatively inexpensive.
d - Undetermined 3 color
System of color reproduction, which cannot be
specifically identified, in which the visible spectrum is
divided into three sections, normally red, green, and
blue, for the purposes of recording and presentation.
e - 3 strip color
Color system in which three color-separation negatives
were produced on black-and-white film. 3 strip color is
often used synonymously with the trademark Technicolor.
In the Technicolor three-component system, light
reflected from the subject matter is transmitted through
the single lens of a special camera where it strikes a
prism. One part of the light is passed through the prism
and a green filter to produce a green record. The
remainder of the light is reflected from the prism and
absorbed by negatives to produce red and blue records.
Each of the negatives is developed to produce new
negatives which resemble black-and-white negatives.
f - 2 strip color
Color system in which two strips of film, one to record
red light and one to record blue, were run through the
camera simultaneously and exposed through the base of the
front piece of film. These two strips of negatives were
then used to produce prints of duplitized film stock
(film stock with emulsion on both sides of the base),
with a red-dyed image on one side, and a blue-dyed or
-toned image on the other. Although extensively used in
early color film processes, the inherent inability of two
components to reproduce the visible color spectrum
rendered all such systems obsolete when three-color
processes became readily available. The process used from
about 1929 to about 1950 by, among others, the following
companies: Cinecolor, Magnacolor, and Multicolor.
g - Red strip
Cinecolor process, in which the color separation record
of blue-green light prints as red. In the Super Cinecolor
process, the color separation record of green light which
prints as magenta (called "red" by Cinecolor). In the
two-color Technicolor process, the color separation
record of green light which prints as red.
h - Blue or green strip
Cinecolor process and the Super Cinecolor process, in
which the blue strip is the color separation record of
red light which prints as blue-green (called "blue" by
Cinecolor). In the two-color Technicolor process, the
green strip is the color separation record of magenta-red
light which prints as green.
i - Cyan strip
Color separation record of red light which prints as
cyan.
j - Magenta strip
Color separation record of green light which prints as
magenta.
k - Yellow strip
Color separation record of blue light which prints as
yellow.
l - S E N 2
Successive exposure negative 2. S E N 2 is a method of
motion picture color photography in which two color
separation negative images were recorded on one strip of
film by photographing each frame two times successively
through red and blue filters. The resultant negative was
subsequently optically printed by the use of a skip-frame
mechanism. The process was restricted to the photography
of animated cartoon and puppet subjects in which the
movement from frame to frame could be controlled. The
successive exposure process was rendered obsolete by the
introduction of 3 layer (multilayer) color negative film.
m - S E N 3
Successive exposure negative 3. S E N 3 is a method of
motion picture color photography in which three color
separation negative images were recorded on one strip of
film by photographing each frame three times successively
through red, blue, and green filters. The resultant
negative was subsequently optically printed by the use of
a skip-frame mechanism. The process was usually
restricted to the photography of animated cartoon and
puppet subjects in which the movement from frame to frame
could be controlled. The successive exposure process was
rarely used after the introduction of 3 layer
(multilayer) color negative film.
n - Not applicable
Item is not a color film.
p - Sepia tone
Sepia tone which is a conversion of a black-and-white
image in silver to sepia (a brownish grey to dark olive
brown) by metallic compounds. Sepia was the most common
tone used, and was used in black-and-white prints of
films for special sequences to enhance the dramatic or
pictorial effect.
q - Other tone
Color created by chemically altering the color, for
example, uranium produces red, or increasing the
brilliance of a print. Toning differs from tinting in
that the clear portions of the film remain unaffected.
Only the silver image of the positive film becomes
colored.
r - Tint
Early in the history of tinting, a tint was created by
dipping film in a bath of chemical dyes to get a dominant
hue. Later raw stock became available already tinted in
eleven stock shades: peach blow, blue for moonlight,
amber for firelight, etc. The tinting of a film may be in
whole or in part. Tinting was common until the advent of
sound.
s - Tinted and toned
Color has been added to a film by using a tinted base and
a toned emulsion.
t - Stencil color
Color is added using stencils, one cut for each color.
Stencil color replaced the hand-coloring used in earlier
years.
u - Unknown
Refined category of color is not known.
v - Hand colored
Image, produced by a photographic process, is hand
colored. Used whenever code h (hand-colored) is present
in 007/03 (Color).
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate, such as when no
single color process is predominant.
| - No attempt to code
14 - Kind of color stock or print
Type of color film stock or color print the item
represents.
a - Imbibition dye transfer prints
Film color prints created by the transfer of two or more
differently colored dye images to a single strip of blank
film. The dye transfer process was used only to produce
prints. Imbibition dye transfer prints can be produced
from film originally shot on either multi-strip or
multi-layer film. The process was used only by the
Technicolor Company from ca. 1928 to ca. 1975. The
patents were sold to the People's Republic of China, and
since ca. 1980, the process has been available only in
China.
b - Three-layer stock
Color film stock with three layers of emulsion: cyan,
magenta and yellow. Each layer is sensitive to its own
primary color. Since the early 1950's, most color films
have been both shot and printed on this stock. It is also
called multilayer film stock.
c - Three layer stock, low fade
Color film stock with three layers of emulsion: cyan,
magenta and yellow. Each layer is sensitive to its own
primary color and stabilized to reduce color fading as
much as possible. It has been available since ca. 1983.
d - Duplitized stock
Color print stock with emulsion on both sides. Usually
one side is dyed red, and the other side is dyed or toned
blue.
n - Not applicable
Item is not a color film.
u - Unknown
Type of color film stock is not known.
z - Other
None of the other codes is appropriate.
| - No attempt to code
15 - Deterioration stage
Level of deterioration of the motion picture film.
Codes are listed according to the seriousness of the
deterioration. If more than one condition is applicable to
the film in hand, the code for the most serious condition
is recorded.
a - None apparent
No deterioration is apparent on either nitrate or
non-nitrate motion picture film.
b - Nitrate: suspicious odor
Codes b-h are used for recording nitrate deterioration.
The codes are listed according to the seriousness of the
condition of deterioration. If more than one condition is
applicable to the film in hand, the code for the most
serious condition is recorded.
c - Nitrate: pungent odor
d - Nitrate: brownish, discoloration, fading,
dusty
e - Nitrate: sticky
f - Nitrate: frothy, bubbles, blisters
g - Nitrate: congealed
h - Nitrate: powder
k - Non-nitrate: detectable deterioration
Codes k-m are used to record deterioration of non-nitrate
materials (safety film, etc.). The codes are listed
according to the seriousness of the deterioration. If
more than one condition is applicable to the film in
hand, the code for the most serious condition is
recorded.
l - Non-nitrate: advanced deterioration
m - Non-nitrate: disaster
| - No attempt to code
17-22 - Film inspection date
Six characters that indicate the most recent film
inspection date; the date is recorded in the pattern
ccyymm (century/year/month). A hyphen is used for
any unknown portion of the date. Six fill characters
(||||||) are used if no attempt is made to code these
character positions.
Film inspection date may be the date the item was cataloged
or the date it was viewed. If the date is completely
unknown, six hyphens are recorded.
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mr#caaadmnartauac198606
[Item is a motion picture (007/00); on reel (01);
in color (03); standard sound aperture (04); on medium
(05); optical track (06); 16 mm. (07); monaural sound
(08); production elements not applicable (09); positive
emulsion (10); reference print/viewing copy (11);
safety base (triacetate) (12); three-layer color (13);
kind of color stock unknown (14); no apparent
deterioration (15); complete film (16); and film
inspected June 1986 (17-22).] |
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mr#bf##fnnartnnai198512
[Item is a motion picture (007/00); on reel (01);
in black-and-white (03); standard silent aperture (04);
no sound (05-06); 35 mm. (07); kind of sound and
production elements not applicable (08-09); positive
emulsion (10); reference print (11); safety base
(triacetate) (12); color categories and stock not
applicable (13-14) no apparent deterioration (15);
incomplete film (16); and film was inspected December
1985 (17-22).] |
INPUT CONVENTIONS
Field length - Field 007 for the category
of material motion picture currently has
23 character positions defined for it. The first eight
positions (007/00-07) should always be used. An institution
may choose additionally to code positions following 007/07
up to and including 007/22. Because the definitions of the
codes in field 007 are dependent upon the character
position in which they occur, the coding of any character
position following 007/07 mandates that each preceding
character position contains a code or fill character (|).
CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY
007/01 - Specific material
designation [NEW, 2009]
o - Film roll [NEW,
2009]
007/02 - Original versus reproduction aspect [OBSOLETE,
1997] [USMARC only]
Defined codes were: f (Facsimile), o (Original), r
(Reproduction), and u (Unknown).
007/04 - Motion picture presentation format
n - Not applicable [OBSOLETE, 1983]
e - Other [OBSOLETE, 1980]
e - Other wide-screen format [NEW, 1981]
007/06 - Medium for sound
g - Other [OBSOLETE, 1980]
g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion
picture film [NEW, 1985]
007/09 - Productions elements
h - Other [OBSOLETE, 1988]
007/17-22 - Film inspection date [CAN/MARC only]
Prior to the definition of this character position, the
film inspection date was coded in field 009/16-19 for
Visual Materials (Film inspection date).