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Motion pictures (information artifacts)

Scope note

Use for works presented in the form of a series of pictures carried on photographic film, presented to the eye in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement. For the study and practice of filmmaking and motion pictures as an art and form of expression, use "film (performing arts)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000136900

Narrower Terms used

silent films
children's films

Equivalent Terms used

motion picture

Created

13yrs ago

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