Give the name of the country of distribution, etc., in the language and script of the archive whenever possible.  Do not record the city, state, province, etc.  In many instances, a moving image work is released in several different cities in the same country simultaneously.  If this information is important to an archive, it can be included in a note.  See 7B11.  Choose the form of the country name in use at the time that the moving image work was distributed.  Do not use abbreviations.

245 04 $a The learning tree / $c Winger Enterprises, Inc. ; directed, produced, written by Gordon Parks.

257 ## $a United States.

260 ## $a United States : $b Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, $c 1969.

245 00 $a CBS reports. $p Harvest of shame / $c CBS Television.

257 ## $a United States.

260 ## $a United States : $b CBS Television Network, $c 1960-11- 25.

The following choices of country names in English are derived from the Special Decisions section of the Library of Congress Rule Interpretation 23.2 for AACR2, 23.2.

1.  Germany.  For the Federal Republic of Germany, use "West Germany" for 1949-1990 and "Germany" after 1990.  For the German Democratic Republic, use "East Germany."

2.  Great Britain.  For the United Kingdom, use "Great Britain."

3.  Korea.  For Korea until September 1945, use "Korea."  After September 1945, use "North Korea" or "South Korea."

4.  Soviet Union.  For the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, use "Soviet Union" for 1917-1991.  Prior to 1917, use "Russia."  After 1991, use the country names of the former republics that constituted the Soviet Union (i.e., Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan).

See also:

4C.  Country of distribution, release, broadcast

4.  Distribution, Release, Broadcast Area