About the film
This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so that the viewer's peripheral vision is involved.
This Is Cinerama premiered on September 30, 1952, at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).