The History of Aspect Ratio

[Peru]

A bit long, but interesting:

[Steve Grisetti]

Wow! I loved every minute of this, Bob!

It reminds of the first time I watched "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" on TV in its unedited aspect ratio (2.75:1 Cinerama aspect ratio on my little 1.33:1 TV).

I had to sit right up on the screen to see what was going on, since the movie was just a narrow band across the middle of my TV screen.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Wow! I loved every minute of this, Bob!

+1. Very interesting. Thanks for finding/posting it.

[Dave McElderry]

[TreeTopsRanch]

Good show! Learned a lot.

[_Paz_]

Interesting. Somewhere I read that the 35mm film size was based on the golden rectangle. Now I wonder.

I do hope it stays at 16:9 for awhile.

Enjoyed the clips of the movies. Scary - I saw most of them when they were new!