[InetBib] [AMIA-L] LC motion picture copyright catalogs now online

[delin@xxxxxx (Delin, Peter)]

Einer der bedeutendsten Filmnachweiskataloge, der "Catalog of Copyright 
Entries" der Library of Congress (10-Jahres-Kumulation) ist jetzt als 
Scan im Web frei verfügbar. Wer daraus eine Datenbank machen will, ist 
frei, das zu tun.

Dieser Katalog der LoC ist eines der zuverlässigsten Nachweismittel, um 
Filmdaten auch von weniger bekannten Titeln zu verifizieren, für die in 
den USA Copyright angemeldet worden ist - für Rechercheure nach Filmen 
immer erste Wahl.

Peter Delin/Videolektorat
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
http://www.zlb.de/wissensgebiete/kunst_buehne_medien/videos



Rick Prelinger <footage@xxxxxxxxx>
15.04.2007 18:31

Just a note to let people know that four out of five of the Catalog of 
Copyright Entries cumulated volumes for motion pictures are scanned and 
online.  The fifth (1894-1912) is in the works.

They are available for download in various formats, including 
uncorrected .txt files, which have some problems but are in good enough 
shape that an enterprising person or persons could fix them up and build 
a neat public database.

Rick


1912-39: http://www.archive.org/details/motionpict19121939librrich

1940-49: http://www.archive.org/details/motionpict19401949librrich

1950-59: http://www.archive.org/details/motionpict19591960librrich

1960-69: http://www.archive.org/details/motionpict19601969librrich
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Noch eine Ergänzung, was den Archivbestand der LoC betrifft:

It's lists of motion pictures registered for copyright, cumulated by 
decade.  LC retained a small percentage of these for its Copyright 
Collection, but for most of them retained only documentation such as 
synopses, scripts or frame enlargements.

Rick

> >Rick, can you clarify just what this list is? Is it the your 
collection at the LOC, or is it everything at the LOC?