0B. Organization of the description (General Rules)
The description is divided into the following areas:
Title and statement of responsibility
Version, edition
Country of production
Distribution, release, broadcast
Physical description
Series
Note
Each of these areas is divided into a number of elements as set out in this and in following chapters. Not all areas will apply when describing individual moving image works. For a definition of the area terms, see the rules for each area and the Glossary.
See the following example for the organization of a catalog entry.
Title and statement of responsibility:
245 04 $a The midnight ride of Paul Revere / $c Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; director, Charles J. Brabin.
Varying form of title:
246 3# $a Ride of Paul Revere
246 3# $a Paul Revere’s ride
(For rules governing varying form of title, see AACR2, 21.30J and Library of Congress Rule Interpretation 21.30J.)
Version, edition statement:
250 ## $a [Re-edited version].
Country of production:
257 ## $a United States.
Distribution, release, broadcast:
260 ## $a United States : $b K.E.S.E., $c 1917.
Physical description:
300 ## $a 1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) (11 min.) : $b si., b&w ; $c 1/2 in. $3 viewing copy.
300 ## $a 1 film reel of 1 (11 min., 377 ft.) : $b si., b&w ; $c 16 mm. $3 triacetate answer print.
300 ## $a 1 film reel of 1 (11 min., 377 ft.) : $b si., b&w ; $c 16 mm. $3 triacetate dupe neg pic.
300 ## $a 1 film reel of 1 (11 min., 377 ft.) : $b si., b&w ; $c 16 mm. $3 triacetate master pos pic.
Series statement:
440 #0 $a Conquest program ; $v no. 12
Notes:
500 ## $a Title appears as The ride of Paul Revere in the Conquest catalog and as Paul Revere's ride in Moving picture world, v. 33, p. ix.
511 1# $a Augustus Phillips, Richard Tucker, Harry Linson, Yale Brenner, Benjamin F. Mears.
500 ## $a Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 8Oct17; LP115.
500 ## $a This is a re-edited version of the two-reel motion picture of the same title released by Edison on October 30, 1914; Edison copyrighted another film under this title in 1907.
500 ## $a Based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
500 ## $a Source used: Moving picture world, v. 22, p. 460, 527.
541 ## $d Received: 10/2/1990 from LC video lab; $3 viewing copy; $c preservation; $a Kleine (George) Collection.
541 ## $d Received: 7/20/1959 from LC film lab; $3 answer print, dupe neg pic, master pos pic; $c preservation; $a Kleine (George) Collection.
See:
0B1. Main entry, added entries
0B2. One record per single work or multiple works
0B4. Multiple physical description
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