The opening of Preface
Motion Pictures, 1960-1969 is a cumulative catalog listing works registered in the Copyright Office in Classes L and M from January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1969. It is the latest in the series of cumulative catalogs begun in 1951 with Motion Pictures, 1912-1939 and continued with Motion Pictures, 1940-1949 published in 1953, and Motion Pictures, 1950-1959 published in 1960. Another volume, Motion Pictures, 1894-1912 was published in 1953 outside of the series. It lists works copyrighted as photographs prior to 1912 which were identified as motion pictures by Howard Lamarr Walls. These five volumes, together with the current issues of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12-13, Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, comprise an unbroken record of the copyright registrations of motion pictures and also an extensive, although not complete, record of motion picture production in the United States through the entire history of the industry.