"This study concerns the improvement of the national sources of information about films and similar audio-visual media — It is shown to be necessary to set up national centres for the cataloguing of films — The rapid growth of television emphasises the need for action in this field — Improved organisation of the information already available at national level would increase the value of films produced in cultural, educational and economic terms — Technical, administrative and financial problems — Attempts at film-cataloguing already published." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1276, topic code 39)