We indexed and coded footage from the Smithsonian Institution and the
National Institutes of Health according to the Outline of Cultural Materials
(Murdock et al. 1961). We modified the indexing and coding to increase
the utility and specificity required by the users. We indexed down to in
dividual frames and sequences in order to permit rapid identification of
required and relevant footage. We found that uniform systems and practices
of film referencing enable users to examine diversified film footage for
cross-cultural research, and help them to cross index written and visual
information.
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