This example can be identified as a record for projected material by code g in Leader/06, and more specifically as a motion picture by code m in field 007/00.  This record illustrates the use of several MARC data elements to describe an archival motion picture, including:  the use of character positions 09-/22 in field 007, and multiple occurrences of fields 007, 300, and 541 for the several versions of the motion picture being described.  Other noteworthy data elements include:  the use of field 017 (Copyright or Legal Deposit Number); field 040, subfield $e (Description conventions); field 257 (Country of Producing Entity); and field 510 (Citation/References Note).

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* * * * *cgm##22* * * * *#a#4500

001

<control number>

003

<control number identifier>

005

19920513133548.3

007

mr#bf##dnnartnnac198607

007

mr#bf##dnnbdtnnac198607

007

mr#bf##dnnaetnnac198607

008

017  ##  $aLP12321$bU.S. Copyright Office

040  ##  $a<organization code>$c<organization code)$eamim

245  00  $a=M'liss /$cPickford Film Corp. ; supervised and directed by Marshall A. Neilan ; photoplay by Frances Marion.

257  ##  $aU.S.

260  ##  $aUnited States :$bArtcraft Pictures Corporation,$c1918.

300  ##  $a5 reels of 5 on 2 (1988 ft.) :$bsi., b&w ;$c16 mm.$3ref. print

300  ##  $a5 reels of 5 on 2 (1988 ft.) :$bsi., b&w ;$c16 mm.$3dupe neg.

300  ##  $a5 reels of 5 on 2 (1988 ft.) :$bsi., b&w ;$c16 mm.$3arch pos.

500  ##  $aCopyright: Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; 18Apr18; LP12321.

500  ##  $aOriginally released in 35 mm.

500  ##  $aBased on a story by Bret Harte.

508  ##  $aPhotographed by Walter Stradling ; art director, Wilfred Buckland.

510  4#  $aNew York times film reviews,$c5-6-18.

510  4#  $aVariety film reviews,$c5-10-18.

510  4#  $aMoving picture world,$cv. 36.l, p. 894, 897, 1043.

511  1#  $aMary Pickford (M'liss), Theodore Roberts (Bummer Smith), Thomas Meighan (Charles Gray), Charles Ogle (Yuba Bill), Tully Marshall (Judge Joshua McSnaggley), Monty Blue (Mexican Joe), Val Paul (Jim Peterson), Winnifred Greenwood (Clara Peterson).

520  ##  $aA western comedy-melodrama set in the mining town, Red Gulch, Calif. about the untamed daughter (Mary Pickford) of the town drunk (Theodore Roberts) who falls in love with the new schoolteacher (Thomas Meighan) who is accused of murdering her father and the situations that occur during his murder trial.

541  ##  $3ref print$dReceived: 8-20-80 from LC film lab;$cgift;$aPickford (Mary) Collection.

541  ##  $3dupe neg$dReceived: 11-20-79 from LC film lab;$cgift;$aPickford (Mary) Collection.

541  ##  $3arch pos$dReceived: ca. 1958 from USDA film lab;$cgift, copied from 35 mm nitrate on loan;$aPickford (Mary) Collection.

650  #0  $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.)$vDrama.

650  #0  $aTrials (Murder)$vDrama.

700  1#  $aNeilan, Marshall A.,$d1891-1958,$edirection.

700  1#  $aMarion, Frances,$d1888-1973,$ewriting.

700  1#  $aPickford, Mary,$d1893-$ecast.

700  1#  $aRoberts, Theodore,$d1861-1928,$ecast.

700  1#  $aMarshall, Tully,$d1864-1943,$ecast.

700  1#  $aMeighan, Thomas,$d1879-1936,$ecast.

710  2#  $aArtcraft Pictures Corporation.

710  2#  $aPickford Film Corp.

710  2#  $aFamous Players-Lasky Corporation.

710  2#  $aPickford (Mary) Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC

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Appendix B:  Full Level Record Examples

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