Editing This Is Cinerama (section)

==Plot==
The film begins in black and white and the standard [[Academy ratio]] (also presented in mono sound) as travel writer and newscaster [[Lowell Thomas]] appears to discuss the evolution of film entertainment, from the earliest [[cave paintings]] designed to suggest movement to the introduction of color and sound. At the conclusion of the 12-minute lecture, Thomas speaks the words "This Is Cinerama" and the screen expands into the full Cinerama 2.65:1 aspect ratio and full color as a series of vignettes, narrated by Thomas, begins.<!-- along with that the audio also changes formats to stereo surround for the remainder of the movie [Uncited, ungrammatical content] -->

The film includes [[Point-of-view shot|point-of-view]] scenes of the now defunct Atom Smasher [[roller coaster]] from the now defunct [[Rockaways' Playland]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atom Smasher - Rockaways' Playland (Rockaway Beach, New York, United States)|url=https://rcdb.com/1863.htm|access-date=2020-06-20|website=rcdb.com}}</ref> then moves on to a scene of the temple dance from the [[La Scala]] opera company's production of ''[[Aïda]].'' Also seen are views of [[Niagara Falls]], a performance by a church choir (in sepia-toned black and white), a performance by the [[Vienna Boys' Choir]], scenes of the canals of [[Venice]], a [[military tattoo]] in [[Edinburgh]], a [[Bull fighting|bullfight]] in Spain, the "triumphal scene" from ''Aïda,'' a sound demonstration in [[stereophonic sound|stereo]] and scenes from the now defunct [[Cypress Gardens]] amusement park featuring an elaborate [[water skiing|waterskiing]] show.<ref>Water skis were first patented by Fred Waller, the inventor of Cinerama.</ref> The film closes with a sequence featuring soaring scenes of the natural landmarks of the [[American West]], filmed from the nose of a low flying [[B-25 Mitchell|B-25]], as the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] sings "[[America the Beautiful]]," "[[Come, Come Ye Saints]]," and the "[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]."<ref>''A Century of Singing,'' Cornwall, 1958, p.192.</ref>

The film's producers were Lowell Thomas, [[Merian C. Cooper]] and Robert L. Bendick. The film was also directed by Bendick (and an uncredited [[Mike Todd Jr.]]). Cooper, who had directed the original 1933 ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]],'' had a long history of technical innovation in cinema.