b'We had always been told and had always proclaimed that the NSS numbers were issued each year by NSS in order of their release. Once you see the logs, you will quickly realize that this is definitely NOT the case. Titles were sent to NSS usually in small batches. Some smaller distributors sent their projected years material at one time. NSS then recorded them as they were sent from the distribution companies. IMPORTANT: The number system used in the 1962 Master Log and the 1999 Inventory Log was the previous 6 digit number format ONLY. But we know from the huge amount of posters collected that posters were NOT numbered this way until 1977. For posters, they used a slightly different format. They converted the 6 digits that they used for trailers to 2 numbers for the year, a slash (/) and then the number for that release. i.e. 40/11 for Invisible Stripes where the Master Log and Inventory Log will read 40 0011. This system made it easier for warehouse personnel to handle the various sizes with the year divided off with a slash. Common to All LogsWhen you go through the logs, there are a few things to consider.1. Each source that we used presented their information from a certain perspective. In other words, the 1999 log only included information that NSS had at that time so it only listed the last release that they used. The same applied for the 1962 log. We have used the poster numbers that we have compiled to fill in some of the reissues. We also filled in SOME original release years, but there are a lot that DO NOT have the original release year marked.2. NOTICE that it was a common practice for NSS to pull the shorts, cartoons, documentaries and specialty films to the bottom of each year and give a different number system, usually starting the numbers in the 1000s. A large number of these had been dropped from the logs and we could only fill in some of the numbers from the posters. 3. The compilation of numbers directly from multiple sources, especially directly from the posters, also shows mistakes. We have tried to mark these as we have found them to bring your attention to them.4. You will notice that sometimes the distributor is not presented. The NSS logs would have the distributor listed as Miscellaneous.We tried to fill in as many as possible, but sometimes there was a possibility that it could have been several different films and we werent sure, so we left it blank. Other times, it appears that they used the working title and we couldnt identify the film, so we left it blank.FOUR PROCEDURAL CHANGESWe have broken the logs into 4 sections to make it easier to present changes. Here is the breakdown:1940-1941You must remember that the years 1940 and 1941 produced MASSIVE chaos for NSS. They had acquired exclusive contracts with Paramount and RKO and non-exclusive with several other studios. In February, they had bought out 28 independent poster exchanges WITH their management and were trying to reorganize everything into a system.'