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). *Films made by American Mutoscope and Biograph (US 1895) a) 62 mm, 1.36:1, 6 perf. - b) 2 7/8 inch, 1.19:1 *Films made by Demeny-Gaumont (France 1895) - Chronophotographe, 60 mm, 1.22:1, 4 perf. *''Henry Regatta'' (UK 1896 July) Birt Acres, Barnet, England - Palace Theatre, London, March 17 1897 *Films made by Biograph (US 1897-1900), 68 mm, 1.375:1, non-perf. *''

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- Veriscope USA 1897, 63 mm, 1.65:1, 5 perf. (filmed March 17, 1897, released May 22, 1897) *A film for Burton Holmes (UK 1890s) 2 3/8 inch, 1.31:1, 4 perf. *Lumière widefilm (France 1900), 75 mm (widest format ever), 1.2:1, 8 perf. *''Il sacco di Roma'' (first wide screen feature) (Italy 1923) Enrico Guazzoni, one sequence in Alberini Panoramica/Panoramico Alberini: Italy 1914, Filoteo Alberini, 2.20:1 (2.52:1?), 5 perf., shot with rotating wide angle 65° *Widescope (US 1921 /1927?) 57 mm, twin-lens camera, rotating lens; the split film was screened in 2 projectors *''Niagara Falls'' (US 1923) Essanay, George K Spoor/P John Berggren, short, tinted or toned - Natural Vision = 63 mm (63,5 mm?), 1.73:1, 6 perf., separate 35 mm soundtrack, other screenings in 35 mm Magnascope *Tri-Ergon: German company, 42 mm 1924, New York *''Rollercoaster Ride'' (US 1926) short - Natural Vision *''You're in the Army Now'' (US 1929) July 18 in New York, only screening, Joseph Stanley, 2 reels - Magnafilm/Magnifilm Paramount 1929, Lorenzo del Riccio, 56 mm, 1.85:1 (ca 2.20:1?), 4 perf. (also 35 mm for cropping 1.85:1 with Magnascope) *''Fox Grandeur News'' (US 1929 Aug 25) 1 reel - Fox Grandeur = Fox 1929-31, oversized soundtrack, experiment only with Perspecta-type directional sound, 2.13:1, 4 perf., Mitchell-camera (also 35 mm shown in Magnascope) *''

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'' (US 1929 May 29) David Butler, Marcel Silver, 80 min - Fox Grandeur (also 35 mm with Technicolor sequence) *''

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'' (US 1930 Feb 13) Benjamin Stoloff, 86 min - Fox Grandeur *''Niagara Falls'' (US 1930 Feb 13) 1 reel, from footage for Fox Grandeur News - Fox Grandeur *''

Song o' My Heart ''Song o' My Heart'' is a 1930 Pre-Code American film directed by Frank Borzage and starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Effie Ellsler and John Garrick. It was O'Sullivan's second film role. The film was double-shot in ...

'' (US 1930 March 11) Frank Borzage - Fox Grandeur *''

The Big Trail ''The Big Trail'' is a 1930 American epic pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. It is the final completed film ...

'' (US 1930 Oct 24) Raoul Walsh, 122 min - Fox Grandeur, converted to 35 mm scope in 1985, also German and French 35 mm versions: Die grosse fahrt and La piste des géants (P Couderc) *''Campus Sweethearts'' (US 1930 RKO, J Leo Meehan, 27 min, only shown at State Lake, Chicago - Natural Vision (also 35 mm) *''

Danger Lights ''Danger Lights'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman. It stars Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, and Jean Arthur. The plot concerns railroading on the Chicago, ...

'' (US 1930) RKO, George B Seitz, 87 min, (short?) (only shown at State Lake, Chicago?) - Natural Vision (also 35 mm) * Fox 50 mm Wide Screen: ca 1930 4 perf, 1.77:1 *''

A Soldier's Plaything ''A Soldier's Plaything'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film with songs directed by Michael Curtiz. Warner Bros. filmed it simultaneously in 35mm and in a widescreen process called Vitascope, but it is uncertain whether the Vitascope ...

'' (US 1930) Michael Curtiz, 57 min; - Vitascope = Warner 1931, 65 mm, 2.25:1, 5 perf. separate soundtrack, (also 35 mm released 1931 May 71 min) *''

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'' (1930) - Vitascope; first color film (in

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) to use widescreen. *'' The Lash'' (1930) - Vitascope; also shot simultaneously in 35 mm *''

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'' (1930 Nov 13) Roland West - Magnifilm, exhibited only in 35 mm, miniature and special effects scenes shot in 35 mm and re-photographed in 70 mm *''

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'' (1930 Oct 19) King Vidor - Realife; also shot in 35 mm, which was cropped in some cinemas; exhibited only in 35 mm *''The Lash/Adios'' (US 1931) Jan 1, Frank Lloyd, 79 min - Vitascope *'' Kismet'' (US 1930) John Francis Dillon, 87 min, 1 min prolog showed the difference between 35 mm and Vitascope (also 35 mm - also German version by William Dieterle) *''

The Great Meadow ''The Great Meadow'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film, produced and distributed by MGM with direction by Charles Brabin. The film starred Eleanor Boardman and Johnny Mack Brown. It is based on the novel ''The Great Meadow'' by Elizabet ...

'' (1931 March 15) Charles Brabin - Realife; also filmed in 35 mm, exhibited only in 35 mm

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