‘This Is Cinerama’ premieres in New York 60 years ago today (1952)


Video: 'This is Cinerama' trailer

(Tuesday, September 30, 1952) — The motion picture This Is Cinerama, which introduced the triple-camera, triple-projector Cinerama widescreen process, premiered today at the New York Broadway theatre in New York City.

Directed by Merian C. Cooper, the film is narrated by travel writer and newscaster Lowell Thomas.