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Between 1921 and 1965, New York State required film distributers to obtain permission to screen individual films. Series A1418 consists of 71,269 case files documenting the application process, administered by the Motion Picture Division. Case files contain license applications, copies of film scripts, examiners' reports; and amendments to scripts if changes were required. This index summarizes the information in each case file. Search it by entering values in one or more of the fields below.
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Alternate Title | English Title | Episode | Writer | Director | Manufacturer | Exchange | Country | Footage | Year Filed | Script Type | Additional Material | Determination | Note | Casefile | Box Number | Copy Request | For More Information |
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Australian Landscape Painters |
Mason, Richard |
Australian News And Information
Bureau |
Australian News and Information Bureau | Australia | 1059 | 1962 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 70042 | 2359 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Australian Surf Masters |
RKO Pathe |
RKO Radio Pict Inc | United States | 727 | 1949 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 53612 | 1477 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Australian Water Sports |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Corp |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | United States | 833 | 1961 | Dialogue | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 68335 | 2264 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Australian Week End |
Small, Rhonda |
Australian News And Information
Bureau |
Australian News and Information Bureau | Australia | 940 | 1960 | None | Approved | N/A | 67750 | 2232 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Austria |
Pathe Exch Inc |
Pathe Exch Inc | United States | 900 | 1929 | None | Approved | N/A | 14787 | 2799 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Austria |
Chadwick Pict Corp |
Chadwick Pict Corp | United States | 0 | 1924 | None | Approved | Silent | 467 | 2577 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Austria Wochenschau |
Austrian Government |
Ring Film Corp | Austria | 1047 | 1959 | English TranslationDialogue | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 66944 | 2186 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Austrian Alps |
Fox Film Corp |
Fox Film Corp | United States | 1000 | 1926 | None | Approved | Silent | 469 | 2577 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Austrian Theatre Through The Ages |
Selenophon |
Lenauer International Films Inc | Austria | 1614 | 1937 | English TranslationDialogue | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 32467 | 505 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Author, The |
Fox Film Corp |
Fox Film Corp | United States | 2000 | 1923 | None | Correspondence | Eliminations | Silent | 471 | 2577 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Author, The | Walter Weems And Company In "The Author" |
Vitaphone Corp |
Vitaphone Corp | United States | 668 | 1927 | None | Approved | N/A | 4935 | 2644 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Auto Antics |
McGowan, Robert Law, Hal |
Cahn, Edward |
MGM Pict |
Loew's Inc | United States | 924 | 1939 | Cutting Continuity | Approved | N/A | 37257 | 724 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Auto Clinic |
Columbia Pict Corp |
Columbia Pict Corp | United States | 571 | 1938 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 34617 | 603 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Auto Motive, An |
Post Pict Corp |
Merit Film Corp | United States | 1000 | 1923 | None | Approved | Silent | 472 | 2577 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Auto Nut, An |
Imperial Prod |
Merit Film Corp | United States | 0 | 1924 | None | Approved | Silent | 473 | 2577 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Auto Race |
General Film Co |
Jack Rosenfeld | United States | 637 | 1957 | None | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 64165 | 2029 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Auto Suggestion |
Paramount Famous Lasky
Corp |
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp | United States | 1000 | 1929 | None | Approved | Silent | 16134 | 2822 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Auto Und Kein Geld, Ein |
Automobile And No Money, An |
Sonor Film |
Ella M Unger | Germany | 7650 | 1936 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 31478 | 460 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Auto-Intoxication |
Ray, Albert |
Paramount Publix
Corp |
Paramount Publix Corp | United States | 2000 | 1931 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 22614 | 123 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Autobahn |
Super Highway |
Bavaria Filmkunst |
Casino Film Exch Inc | Germany | 1149 | 1959 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 66077 | 2135 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Autobiografia (Jueyes) | Cine Revista "Autobiografia (Jueyes)" |
Autobiography (Crabs) |
Viguie-Guastella Inc |
Cine Revista Inc | United States | 670 | 1965 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 73040 | 2528 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Autobuyography | On Approval |
Boasberg, Al |
RKO Dist Corp |
RKO Dist Corp | United States | 1836 | 1933 | Cutting Continuity | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 26594 | 264 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||
Autograph Hound, The |
Walt Disney |
RKO Radio Pict Inc | United States | 737 | 1939 | Cutting Continuity | Approved | N/A | 37385 | 731 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Autograph Hunter, The |
Columbia Pict Corp |
Columbia Pict Corp | United States | 575 | 1934 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 26864 | 275 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Automania 2000 |
Halas And Batchelor |
Pathe Cinema Corp | Great Britain | 842 | 1964 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 71936 | 2467 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov |