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This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so that the viewer's peripheral vision is involved.
This Is Cinerama: Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Michael Todd Jr.. With Lowell Thomas, Kathy Darlyn, Toni Valk. On the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama.
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Brief Synopsis. Cinerama Productions Corp. vice-chairman Lowell Thomas introduces the ground-breaking new film process, called Cinerama, by recounting, in a small screen format and in black-and-white, a short history of graphic arts, from cave paintings to today.
Overview. Designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, audiences experience the roller coaster at Rockaways' Playland, the temple dance from Aida, Niagara Falls, a Viennese choir, the canals of Venice, a military tattoo in Edinburgh, a bullfight, and more.
On the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama. A standard screen B&W prologue during which Lowell Thomas shows how, from the dawn of history, mankind has attempted to create the illusion of depth & movement by artistic, mechanical and photographic means.
This Is Cinerama. Rent This Is Cinerama on Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. Designed to introduce the Cinerama widescreen format, this film documents exciting events and...
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