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The large-format projection system developed in Canada, running 70 millimeter film horizontally to expose a frame roughly ten times the area of standard 35 millimeter, shown on screens several stories tall. Premiered at Expo 70 in Osaka, it spent decades in museums and science centers before becoming a premium format for mainstream features.

Facts
Introduced Year
1970 1
The first IMAX film, Tiger Child, screened at Expo 70 in Osaka; the first permanent IMAX theatre opened in Toronto in 1971.
Origin
IMAX Corporation's predecessor was established in September 1967 by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr and William C. Shaw; the first IMAX film, Tiger Child, was shown at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. 2
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How much bigger is an IMAX frame than a standard film frame?

About ten times the area of a standard 35 millimeter frame, because IMAX runs 70 millimeter film horizontally through the camera and projector.

An IMAX frame, exposed on 70 millimeter film run horizontally through the camera and projector rather than vertically, captures roughly ten times the image area of a standard 35 millimeter film frame. That much larger negative is what lets IMAX images hold their detail and brightness when projected onto screens several stories tall.
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CinemaScope, Technologies

Both are widescreen exhibition formats developed to compete for audiences beyond the standard theatrical frame, decades apart.

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Film, Media Forms
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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2. Wikipedia
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  • IMAX, IMAX Corporation section
    Tiger Child, the first IMAX film, was demonstrated at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
  • Associated With: CinemaScope, Origins section
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