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| Written by: Johan Wolthuis, International 70mm Publishers, Arnhem, The Netherlands | Date: 14.02.2014 |
 The publication from "International 70mm Publishers", published by Johan WolthuisThe new WIDESCREEN HISTORY publication summarise the history of Widescreen processes and related subjects. It is not the complete history of widescreen history, but the intention was to make a publication with a lot of information on Cinerama, CinemaScope systems, 70mm, etc., With a little history about sound and color and as important aspect: a lot of classic illustrations in colour and black and white. The price of one copy is € 13.50 GBP 12.50 and USD 19.50. For mailing and excerpts of this publication, see our website 70mmpublishers.nl It will be for sale here: • 18th Todd-AO Festival 2025, Kalrsruhe, Germany • Bradford's Widescreen Weekend April 10-13, 2014 • 70MM Film Event at Biffen, Aalborg Denmark, 26. April 2014 + Johan Wolthuis to attend 70mm Event • Grand Fund Raising Bazaar at the Cinema Museum / Ronald Grant Archive in London, Tube station Kennington/ Elephant & Castle. Saturday March 1st | More in 70mm reading: in70mm.com News Peripheral Vision, Scopes, Dimensions and Panoramas in70mm.com's Library Presented on the big screen in 7OMM 7OMM and Cinema Across the World Now showing in 70mm in a theatre near you! 70mm Retro - Festivals and Screenings |
 Johan Wolthuis promoting 70mm at the Schauburg cinema, Karlsruhe, Germany, October 2007. Image by Thomas HauerslevStatement from Johan Wolthuis, September 2025
Previous publications from Johan Wolthuis include | |
Table of Contents | |
 2 A Summary of Wide Screen Processes 4 A little History, by Johan Wolthuis 6 Sound at the Movies 8 Color at the Movies 35 mm 3-strip systems 10 Cinerama 1952, by Johan Wolthuis 12 CineMiracle 13 Kinopanorama 14 Abel Gance and Kevin Brownlow and Polyvision 16 2012: The Return of Cinerama: ''In the Picture" by Johan Wolthuis 35/55 mm anamorphic 18 CinemaScope and CinemaScope 55, by Johan Wolthuis 20 The Widescreen Revolution: CinemaScope, by Rick Mitchell† 24 The Original CinemaScope Engagements, by Michael Coate 26 The First Anamorphic Movies in France, by Alain Dorange 35 mm horizontal 28 VistaVision, by Johan Wolthuis 30 Panoramapages of 'Oklahoma!' 32 Technirama & Super-Technirama70 34 Cinéorama, Circarama & Circlorama 65/70mm processes 35 Grandeur 70, by Johan Wolthuis 36 The Splendour of 70mm and Todd-AO 38 MGM Camera 65 + Ultra Panavision 70 + Super Panavision 70 40 Smell-O-Vision + MCS 70 + Dimension 150 + Showscan + SDS 70 41 DP70 the Todd-AO projector, by Thomas Hauerslev 42 USSR International coproductions in 35/70mm Sovscope, by Jan-Hein Bal 70 mm stories 46 70mm Recent History, by Johan Wolthuis 49 "Cleopatra": The Real Star Was the 65mm Camera! 52 Sir David Lean: Master of 70mm Epics 54 A Lost Profession and a boothless cinema? 56 Imax & Omnimax, by Tom March & Johan Wolthuis 59 Acknowledgements + Sources 60 Afterword + Table of Contents 61 "Samsara" in 65mm by Mark Magidson | |
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