This Is Cinerama
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1952-09-30
Runtime: 115 mins
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: This Is Cinerama
Production Companies: Cinerama Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
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