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NIAGARA FALLS

The wonder of the New World-the spectacular falls that divides
New York and Canada-is seen as it has never been seen before,
as Ci!'lerama takes its aud~ence aloft in a helicopter and views
the thunderous beauty of Niagara from the sky, presenting for
the first time on the screen America's greatest spectacle in all its
natural grandeur.

LONG ISLAND CHOIR

Long before Cinerama reached the public, inventor Fred Waller
made an experimental black-and~white sequence of the Long

Island Choral Society singing the "Hallelujah Chorus" from
Handel's "Messiah." Astonishingly lifelike in its evocation of the
actual sights and sounds of a simple church service, the scene is
included just as it was shot in "This is Cinerama" and remains one
of the most moving and effective sequences in the picture.

THE CANALS OF VENICE

Cinerama boards a gondola for a languorous tour of "the queen
of the Adriatic," gliding beneath the ancient footbridges and
brushing past the mildewed palaces of the doges as it makes its
tortuous way along the narrow canals to the glittering spectacle
of St. Mark's Square and the colorful pageant of the famed
September Carnival on the Grand Canal.

GATHERING OF THE CLANS

Within the imposing shadow of historic old Edinburgh Castle, the
kilted clans of Scotland assemble to the shrill music of the bag-
pipes, as the highlanders pass in review before the Cinerama
camera in a kaleidoscopic swirl of color and sound.