[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR705.8]

[Page 140-141]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 705_PUBLIC AFFAIRS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 705.8  Motion pictures.

    (a) The rules and procedures given in the preceding for TV will also 
apply to

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cooperation with commercial motion picture producers.
    (b) The Navy assists in the production of commercial, privately 
financed, nontheatrical motion pictures of institutional or of 
educational value to the public. They Navy will not:
    (1) Solicit their production.
    (2) Provide lists of subjects the Navy considers ``desirable.''
    (3) State that the Navy will use a commercially produced film.
    (4) Imply endorsement of a product.
    (5) Permit the use of official Navy seals.
    (c) Navy assistance to motion pictures and all other audio-visual 
products produced by Navy contractors will be subject to the same rules 
and procedures that apply to other non-government producers. Audio-
visual products produced by Navy contractors, with or without Navy 
assistance, will be submitted to the Chief of Information via the 
appropriate Navy headquarters activity for coordination with the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) for clearance for public 
release. They will be accompained by five copies of the script and a 
statement from the producer that costs were paid from corporate (vice 
contract) funds.
    (d) When a commercial film which has been produced with Navy 
cooperation is screened in a community, local commands can provide Navy 
exhibits for display in theater lobbies, coordinate displays of 
recruiting material, and arrange for personal appearances of Department 
of Defense and Department of the Navy military and civilian personnel, 
provided such cooperation is approved by the Chief of Information and 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs).

[41 FR 29101, July 15, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 6390, Feb. 1, 1979]