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007 - Motion Picture (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
October 2009

Indicators and Subfield Codes
Field has no indicators or subfield codes; the data elements are positionally defined.
Character Positions
00 - Category of material
m - Motion picture

01 - Specific material designation
c - Film cartridge
f - Film cassette
o - Film roll
r - Film reel
u - Unspecified
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

02 - Undefined
# - Undefined

03 - Color
b - Black-and-white
c - Multicolored
h - Hand colored
m - Mixed
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

04 - Motion picture presentation format
a - Standard sound aperture (reduced frame)
b - Nonanamorphic (wide-screen)
c - 3D
d - Anamorphic (wide-screen)
e - Other wide-screen format
f - Standard silent aperture (full frame)
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

05 - Sound on medium or separate
# - No sound (silent)
a - Sound on medium
b - Sound separate from medium
u - Unknown
| - No attempt to code

06 - Medium for sound
# - No sound (silent)
a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
d - Sound disc
e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
h - Videotape
i - Videodisc
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

07 - Dimensions
a - Standard 8 mm.
b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.
c - 9.5 mm.
d - 16 mm.
e - 28 mm.
f - 35 mm.
g - 70 mm.
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

08 - Configuration of playback channels
k - Mixed
m - Monaural
n - Not applicable
q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround
s - Stereophonic
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

09 - Production elements
a - Workprint
b - Trims
c - Outtakes
d - Rushes
e - Mixing tracks
f - Title bands/inter-title rolls
g - Production rolls
n - Not applicable
z - Other
| - No attempt to code
10 - Positive/negative aspect
a - Positive
b - Negative
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

11 - Generation
d - Duplicate
e - Master
o - Original
r - Reference print/viewing copy
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

12 - Base of film
a - Safety base, undetermined
c - Safety base, acetate undetermined
d - Safety base, diacetate
i - Nitrate base
m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)
n - Not applicable
p - Safety base, polyester
r - Safety base, mixed
t - Safety base, triacetate
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

13 - Refined categories of color
a - 3 layer color
b - 2 color, single strip
c - Undetermined 2 color
d - Undetermined 3 color
e - 3 strip color
f - 2 strip color
g - Red strip
h - Blue or green strip
i - Cyan strip
j - Magenta strip
k - Yellow strip
l - S E N 2
m - S E N 3
n - Not applicable
p - Sepia tone
q - Other tone
r - Tint
s - Tinted and toned
t - Stencil color
u - Unknown
v - Hand colored
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

14 - Kind of color stock or print
a - Imbibition dye transfer prints
b - Three-layer stock
c - Three layer stock, low fade
d - Duplitized stock
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code

15 - Deterioration stage
Other
a - None apparent
b - Nitrate: suspicious odor
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
l - Non-nitrate: advanced deterioration
m - Non-nitrate: disaster
| - No attempt to code

16 - Completeness
c - Complete
i - Incomplete
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
| - No attempt to code

17-22 - Film inspection date


FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

When field 007/00 contains code m, it contains special coded information about the physical characteristics of a motion picture.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

CHARACTER POSITIONS

00 - Category of material
m - Motion picture
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the category of material to which the item belongs is motion picture which is defined as a series of still pictures on film, with or without sound, designed to be projected in rapid succession to produce the optical effect of motion. A fill character (|) is not allowed in this position.

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

02 - Undefined
Contains blank (#) or a fill character (|).

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

05 - Sound on medium or separate
Whether the sound is on the item or separate from the item.
# - No sound (silent)
a - Sound on medium
Always used when coding a separate sound track which is physically part of the film (e.g., magnetic strip on edge of film base).
b - Sound separate from medium
Sound is on a separate medium, designed to accompany the images (e.g., a cassette).
u - Unknown
Presence or absence of sound on the item is not known.
| - 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

16 - Completeness
Whether or not the item being cataloged is judged to be complete.
c - Complete
Judged to be complete.
i - Incomplete
Judged to be incomplete.
n - Not applicable
Completeness is not applicable to the type of motion picture, e.g., home movies, unedited footage, outtakes, and in some cases, unidentified material, etc.
u - Unknown
Completeness of the item is not known.
| - 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.
007/17-22 199312
[December 1993]
007/17-22 1987--
[Inspected in 1987; the month is not known]

EXAMPLES

007/00-22 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).]
007/00-22 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).

Library of Congress >> MARC >> Bibliographic >> 00X >>007 >> 007 (Motion Picture)
(11/12/2009)
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