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This subseries contains pre-war magazines, camera catalogs, books, and fliers/advertisements related to amateur films (amachua eiga), avant-garde cinema, and photography. The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by title with additional descriptions in the scope and contents notes. The subseries covers small-gauge films(kogata eiga/小型映画, 8mm, 9.5mm and 16mm), the cameras used for these films, short films(tanpen eiga/短編映画), and culture films(bunka eiga/文化映画). (For documentary film materials, see Subseries VI.7 in this Series.) This subseries also includes Pathé bebī/パテーベビー materials from the 1930s (Pathé Baby home film system from the Pathé-Cinéma camera equipment company). For photocopies of parts of the magazine,Pathé shine/パテーシネand materials related to Ogino Shigeji/荻野茂二 and his versions of the Felix the Cat series that were found with Makino's writings about silhouette animation, see Sub-subseries VI.2.1: Subject Files: Animated Films and Comics(Manga):Animation Materials.

Within the Makino Collection, there are 7 archival document boxes containing 115 folders of pre-war and a few post-war coterie magazines (dōjinshi/同人誌) or self-published journals (today'sfanzines)from student clubs at universities and other film and fan clubs. These publications were largely works by amateurs and cannot be found in libraries or archives in Japan. Some of the pre-WWII coterie magazines in the Makino Collection were formerly owned by Kishi Matsuo/岸松雄 the film critic, director, and screenwriter who was also a leader of the proletarian film movement in the 1920s. The rest were collected by Makino to supplement Kishi Matsuo's collection. There are 89 titles with a total number of 274 issues of coterie magazines in the Collection.

This subseries contains publications related to the U.S. military base controversies (anti-US military bases), anti-nuclear war and peace movements in Japan, anti-nuclear armaments, defense and weapon systems, national secrets protection and law, symposium materials, and library catalogs on these subjects. It also contains publications on war movies (sensō eiga/戦争映画). There are peace-promoting newspapers and newspaper clippings from the 1980s publications of the United Nations, and Self Defense Forces (SDF).

The files in this subseries are listed in chronological order by date of publication. Subjects include publications concerning the May 15th Incident of 1932 (五・一五事件Goichigo Jiken),February26th Incident of 1936 (二・二六事件Niniroku Jiken),publications of the Taisei Yokusankai/大政翼賛会, and Japan-U.S. international relations during the wartime regime. It also contains wartime materials for the film production company, Nippon Eigasha/日本映画社.

This subseries contains manuscript articles and published journal articles as well as single issues of journals, film and art school and entertainment industry brochures, film catalogs, exhibition catalogs, fliers, animated film programs, some amateur coterie manga, as well as convention information related to animated films and manga. There are materials related to well-known anime artists including Tezuka Osamu/手塚治虫 and Miyazaki Hayao/宮崎駿, and fliers from Miyazaki's company Studio Ghibli/スタジオジブリ.

This subseries contains books about art, modernism, and philosophy, including some original issues ofShin geijutsuron shisutemu/新芸術論システム,which were originally published in 1930 in 20 volumes and reprinted by Yumani Shobō in 1991 with commentary by Makino. Search the Columbia University Libraries online catalog for the reprint edition of this series. Many of these volumes were written by members of the proletarian film movement. See Subseries VI.16: Proletarian Film in this Series for more about the proletarian film movement. Most art materials in the Makino Collection can be found in Series XV: Museums, Exhibitions and Film Catalogs.

This subseries covers educational materials that incorporate audio and visual presentation of the material. It contains film catalogs, and publications of the Japan Film Education Society (Nihon Eiga Kyōiku Kyōkai/日本映画教育協会) concerning audiovisual education.

This subseries contains pre-war publications by the Ministry of Home Affairs Police Bureau (Naimushō Keihokyoku/内務省警保局), including originals of the film censorship magazine,Eiga ken'etsu jihō/映画検閲時報,as well as publications by the Ministry of Education Police Bureau (Monbushō Keihokyoku/文部省警保局) and post-war publications by the Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee (Nippon Eiga Rengōkai Eiga Rinri Kitei Kanribu/日本映画連合会映画倫理規定管理部), later known as Eirin/映倫 (Film Classification and Rating Committee).

A detailed listing of the items in Subseries VI.6 can be consulted in adownloadable Excel spreadsheet.

This subseries contains materials related to documentary film, often referred to as culture films (bunka eiga/文化映画) or PR (public relations) films in the pre-war andkiroku eiga/記録映画 in the post-war.