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Cinerama Corporation collection

Title
Cinerama Corporation collection, 1950-1986.
Author
Cinerama Corporation.

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Box 8Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+ n.c. 2838 Box 8Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2831 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2832 Box 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2833 Box 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Box 4Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2834 Box 4Offsite
Box 5Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2835 Box 5Offsite
Box 6Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2836 Box 6Offsite
Box 7Mixed materialSupervised use MFL+++ n.c. 2837 Box 7Offsite

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Summary
The Cinerama Corporation Collection includes scrapbooks, clippings, annual reports and programs concerning the activities and status of the Cinerama Corporation for the years 1950 through 1986.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Annual reports.
  • Scrapbooks.
Source (note)
  • Estate of Hazard E. Reeves
Biography (note)
  • Cinerama, a wide-screen, cinematic process, was developed by Fred Waller of Paramount Pictures in 1932 and promoted by Hazard E. Reeves.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Index and catalog cards available.
Processing Action (note)
  • Described.
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MFL+++ n.c. 2831-2837
OCLC
NYPW88-A33
Author
Cinerama Corporation.
Title
Cinerama Corporation collection, 1950-1986.
Biography
Cinerama, a wide-screen, cinematic process, was developed by Fred Waller of Paramount Pictures in 1932 and promoted by Hazard E. Reeves. Cinerama was first featured at the 1939 New York World's Fair as "Vitarama". In 1952, the process "Cinerama" was presented by the Cinerama (Corporation) at the Broadway Theatre in New York in a show entitled "This is Cinerama".
The original Cinerama process used three 35mm cameras to record three aspects of a single image simultaneously. When viewing the process, a special, huge, curved screen, angled about 165 degrees was used. Three projectors were used with images viewed at 26 frames per second. In the 1952 "This is Cinerama" production, the curved screen measured 75 feet across and 55 feet high. Because the films from the three projectors did not always match, a second Cinerama process was conceived. The Cinerama (Corporation) switched to a single lens system, using a 70mm process with a curved screen.
Indexes
Index and catalog cards available.
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Research Call Number
MFL+++ n.c. 2831-2837
MFL+ n.c. 2838
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