Publication Characteristics

Documentaries and Factual Films

Works consisting of films, videos, and programs which depict actual persons or actual events. They do not include frank historical re-creations and do not attempt to judge the truth of the depiction in a film purporting to be factual or documentary in character. (From Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms, 1988)

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Abstract

Works consisting of films, videos, and programs which depict actual persons or actual events. They do not include frank historical re-creations and do not attempt to judge the truth of the depiction in a film purporting to be factual or documentary in character. (From Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms, 1988)

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Indexing Annotation

This heading is used as a Publication Type. For documentaries, motion pictures and films as a subject, index under the main heading MOTION PICTURES. INDEXER: Do not use

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History Note

2008(1997)

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  1. V02.315w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Documentaries and Factual Films. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019499. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019499
  2. Documentaries and Factual Films. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film
  3. Documentaries and Factual Films. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93204