The Complete Index to World Film (citwf or citwf.com) is an online

ONLINE

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 of information related to movies

Film

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. Citwf, compiled online by Alan Goble and Valan Publishing since 2004, is a Guinness

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Record as the world's largest published film-related database, with over 694,400 title entries.

In 1990, The Complete Index to World Film Since 1895 was published by Bowker Saur in two volumes. (ISBN 1857392523) and a CD version was published in 1995.

Overview

The Complete Index to World Film since 1895 contains information on over 478,000 films produced in over 175 countries of the world between 1888 and 2011 and is accessible by all. A subscription version is available to libraries and institutions and this version contains no advertising and the additional benefit of over 560,000 references to books and journals.

External links

• Complete Index to World Film – Official Website
• www.amazon.com