Motion Picture Background Stills collection, 1950-1960

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Title:: Collection of Motion Picture Background Stills
Dates:: 1950-1960
Creators:: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Abstract:: This is a collection of stills from Twentieth Century Fox Studios. The photographs are background stills used in various movies, and for the most part, are unidentified. The collection is arranged under the headings given by the Fox Studio archives.
Extent:: 48 boxes (24 linear ft.)
Language:: Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Collection of Motion Picture Background Stills (Collection 1188). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of background stills from primarily unidentified motion pictures. Photographs are from various locations and include a variety of subjects including mountains, deserts, structures, and streets. Also includes some negatives, slides, and some identified motion pictures.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Twentieth Century-Fox Studios.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: Motion pictures --Setting and scenery.
Motion picture locations.
Photographs.
Motion picture stills.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:: © 2008
Date Encoded:: Text OCR'd by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid and entered into MS Access Database, 2009 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro and MS Access. Date of source: May, 1977 .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Collection of Motion Picture Background Stills (Collection 1188). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US