New York State Motion Picture Division Distributor and Exchange Correspondence Files A1427

New York State Motion Picture Division Distributor and Exchange Correspondence Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

These files contain correspondence between the Motion Picture Division Director's Office and film distributors or exchanges. The majority of the correspondence concerns the licensing of films, issuance of seals, requests for scripts and cutting continuities for foreign films, requests for license applications, notification of change of film titles, payment of license fees, requests for copies of film transcripts, and the ownership of film rights.

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Title:

Distributor and exchange correspondence files

Quantity:

2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1929-1965

Series Number:

A1427

Arrangement

Alphabetic by name of film distributor, then chronological. Correspondence with 16 mm film distributors is filed separately at the end.

Scope and Content Note

These files contain correspondence between the Director's Office and film distributors or exchanges.

The majority of the correspondence concerns the licensing of films, issuance of seals, requests for scripts and cutting continuities for foreign films, requests for license applications, notification of change of film titles, payment of license fees, requests for copies of film transcripts, and the ownership of film rights.