Each record begins with a standard characteristic of the collection being described which is explained below. Outtakes indicate the existence of all the film or video project minus that footage used for the finished production. Television Broadcast indicates an edited program produced specifically for broadcasting on television. Footage refers primarily to film that is not defined by the above categories. Creators are noted below the description and include individuals or individual involved in the creation of the film or video title with their professional role in that production, or, in the case of amateur works, professional identity at the time of filmming or video recording.
Indexes direct the user to the titles via the film number within the major geographical areas.
These indexes are not exhaustive but represent the level of cataloging completed to date. For example, there is much more dance material in the collection than is listed because fully descriptive and item level cataloging and subject indexing exist for only a small portion of the collections.