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This Is Cinerama (1952)

1h 55m

Running Time

September 30, 1952
Release Date

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This Is Cinerama (1952)

Name: This Is Cinerama
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1952-09-30

1h 55m

Running Time

September 30, 1952
Release Date

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Plot.

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. The film concludes with a view from the nose of a low-flying B-25 while America the Beautiful plays.

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Cast & Crew.

Lowell Thomas

Host / Narrator

Merian C. Cooper

Director

Gunther von Fritsch

Director

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Jeanne Rainer

Teenager

Fred Bosch

Sound Assistant

Robert L. Bendick

Producer

Harry Squire

Cinematographer

William Henry

Editor

Milton Shifman

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 30, 1952

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 55m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

filmmaking

Wiki.

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 premiered on September 30, 1952, at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.