This Is Cinerama
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This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American travelogue-style film that famously introduced audiences to the immersive widescreen Cinerama format.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Is Cinerama canonical | 6 |
| Cinerama travelogue films | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2855586 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Is Cinerama Context triple: [Cinerama film process, firstPublicUse, This Is Cinerama]
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A.
Living at the Movies
Living at the Movies is a poetry collection by American writer and punk icon Jim Carroll, known for its vivid, streetwise depictions of urban life and youth.
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B.
Everyone's Gone to the Moon
"Everyone's Gone to the Moon" is a 1965 pop song written and performed by Jonathan King that became his breakthrough hit and a notable example of mid-1960s British pop.
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C.
Ship of the Imagination
Ship of the Imagination is the fictional, visually dynamic spacecraft used by Neil deGrasse Tyson in the documentary series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" to explore and explain the universe.
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D.
Xanadu
Xanadu is the opulent, mythical pleasure-dome city evoked in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
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E.
There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" is an optimistic theme song written for Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction, celebrating faith in technological progress and the future.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Is Cinerama Target entity description: This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American travelogue-style film that famously introduced audiences to the immersive widescreen Cinerama format.
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A.
Living at the Movies
Living at the Movies is a poetry collection by American writer and punk icon Jim Carroll, known for its vivid, streetwise depictions of urban life and youth.
-
B.
Everyone's Gone to the Moon
"Everyone's Gone to the Moon" is a 1965 pop song written and performed by Jonathan King that became his breakthrough hit and a notable example of mid-1960s British pop.
-
C.
Ship of the Imagination
Ship of the Imagination is the fictional, visually dynamic spacecraft used by Neil deGrasse Tyson in the documentary series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" to explore and explain the universe.
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D.
Xanadu
Xanadu is the opulent, mythical pleasure-dome city evoked in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
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E.
There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" is an optimistic theme song written for Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction, celebrating faith in technological progress and the future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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travelogue film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2.59:1 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harry Squire ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director |
Merian C. Cooper
ⓘ
Michael Todd ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Todd
|
| distributor | Cinerama Releasing Corporation ⓘ |
| editingBy | William Henry ⓘ |
| era |
Golden Age of Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| featuredTechnology |
multi-channel stereophonic sound
ⓘ
three-camera rig ⓘ |
| featuresSequence |
aerial views of the United States
ⓘ
performance at La Scala opera house ⓘ roller coaster ride at Rockaways' Playland ⓘ water-skiing and aquatic stunts in Florida ⓘ |
| filmPresentation | three synchronized 35mm projectors ⓘ |
| formatIntroduced |
Cinerama
ⓘ
linked to:
Cinerama film process
|
| genre |
documentary film
ⓘ
travelogue ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle |
episodic
ⓘ
travelogue-style ⓘ |
| hasType | feature-length film ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped popularize widescreen formats in the 1950s
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pioneering widescreen exhibition technology ⓘ |
| influenced | development of later widescreen formats such as CinemaScope ⓘ |
| initialBoxOfficePerformance | commercial success ⓘ |
| motionPictureFormat |
Cinerama
ⓘ
linked to:
Cinerama film process
|
| musicBy |
Emil Newman
ⓘ
Louis Forbes ⓘ |
| narrator | Lowell Thomas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
immersive curved-screen presentation
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introducing the widescreen Cinerama process to the public ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProcess |
three-strip Cinerama
ⓘ
linked to:
Cinerama film process
|
| premiereLocation | Broadway Theatre, New York City ⓘ |
| producer |
Merian C. Cooper
ⓘ
Michael Todd ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Todd
|
| productionCompany |
Cinerama Productions
ⓘ
linked to:
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
|
| releaseDate | 1952-09-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenType | deeply curved screen ⓘ |
| soundSystem | seven-track stereophonic sound ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | world travel and spectacular attractions ⓘ |
| targetVenueType | specialized Cinerama theaters ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 1950s ⓘ |
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