257 Country of Producing Entity for Archival Films (NR)
Input Standards
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)
Input Standards
‡a
Country of producing entity (NR)
Mandatory/Mandatory
Definition
The names (or abbreviations) of the countries where the principal offices of the producers of a moving-image item are located.
Information in field 257 should correspond to information in the statement of responsibility (
field 245 subfield ‡c). If no statement of responsibility is available, use the best information available.
Use field 257 only if you are cataloging according to chapter 3 of Archival Moving Image Materials. MARC 21 records cataloged according to Archival Moving Image Materials have the full form of the name of the countries in field 257.
1st Indicator
Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ).
Undefined
2nd Indicator
Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ).
Undefined
Subfields
‡a Country of producing entity
The name or abbreviation of the name of the country(s) where the principal offices of the producing entity(s) of an archival film are located. The subfield may contain an indication that the country is unknown, e.g., S.l.