![Cover image for Seven Wonders of the World [digital video] Cover image for Seven Wonders of the World [digital video]](/client/assets/5.523.17/ctx//client/images/no_image.png)
Title:
Seven Wonders of the World [digital video]
Publication Date:
1956
2017
Publication Information:
Flicker Alley, 1956.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
Unseen theatrically since the early 1970s and never before broadcast or issued on home video, Seven Wonders of the World has been digitally remastered from its original camera negatives. The global adventure captures the beauty and culture of these extraordinary places in a Cinerama time capsule...Of the seven sites the ancient Greeks named the "wonders of the world,"only one remains. Seven Wonders of the World is a round-the-world adventure that picks up where the Greeks of antiquity left off. Released in 1956, this Cinerama spectacle follows 20th century adventurer Lowell Thomas as he seeks out the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Join him as he flies across the globe in the "Smasher,"a converted B-25, capturing some of the most breathtaking photography ever shot...The quest opens at the great pyramids, the last of the original Seven Wonders to still exist. From there, the "Smasher"circles the globe with Cinerama photographing a live East Africa volcano, under the bridges in New York, over and around Rio de Janeiro, the Parthenon in Athens, Angel Falls in South America, and many stops along the way to experience the beautiful culture of diverse locales. The film encourages the audience to choose from the dozens of sites explored. "What are your seven wonders?"
General Note:
Title from title frames.
In Process Record.
Film
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy