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...The Bridges of 'Cinerama'...

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:42 am
by JDDavis2
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..."Every time Paul saw a bridge, he wanted to fly under it."...
Gayne Rescher, Cinerama B-25 cameraman...in "Cinerama Adventure" documentary 2002.

"Seven Wonders of the World" (1956) ... "Flight around the world"
The New York bridge sequence starts with a takeoff on LaGuardia's runway 04, then direct to the first bridge, ..01 Queensborough, then followed immediately by three more, ..02 Williamsburgh, ..03 Manhattan and ..04 Brooklyn.

05 A shadow on the East River

(The "Smilebox" curved screen simulation is supposed to creates the illusion of a curved screen when projected on a flat screen in the remastered blue-ray edition).

JD

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Re: ...The Bridges of 'Cinerama'...

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:24 pm
by JDDavis2
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The first Cinerama "This is Cinerama" (1952)..."Flight across America", had two bridges to fly under,

01 Down in a canyon between the Grand Canyon and Zion Canyon

02 "Golden Gate", San Francisco

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