Definition: 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)
this heading is used as a Publication Type. Used by catalogers only; for documentaries, motion pictures and films as a subject, index under main heading MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; CATALOG: Do not use for current materials
