To the Moon and Beyond
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To The Moon and Beyond is the title of a special motion picture produced for and shown at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair
1964 New York World's Fair
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the third major world's fair to be held in New York City. Hailing itself as a "universal and international" exposition, the fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding," dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe";...

 by Cinerama
Cinerama
Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc. It is also the trademarked name for the corporation which was formed to market it...

 Inc. using a camera with a single fisheye lens
Fisheye lens
In photography, a fisheye lens is a wide-angle lens that takes in a broad, panoramic and hemispherical image. Originally developed for use in meteorology to study cloud formation and called "whole-sky lenses", fisheye lenses quickly became popular in general photography for their unique, distorted...

and projected onto a dome screen. The process was called "The New CINERAMA - 360 Process" The film was shown in a 96 foot high "Moon Dome" that was part of Transportation and Travel building (Pavilion No. 123) in the Transportation section of the Fair.

Text from ad in the World's Fair Guide Book:

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR!
THE NEW CINERAMA-360 PROCESS
TAKES YOU...


TO THE MOON AND BEYOND


YOU will be propelled on the most fantastic, incredible
voyage through billions of miles of space . . . from its utmost
outer reaches . . . back to the Earth itself, and into the center
of the minutest atom. All through the magic of Cinerama!


AT THE TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL PAVILION
3 SHOWINGS EVERY HOUR
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