Widescreen Weekend festival to feature rare Cinerama print of 'How the West Was Won'

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-08-07 14:51

The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, UK, will host its thirtieth annual Widescreen Weekend festival from September 24-28, 2026. This year's event will prominently feature a rare three-strip Cinerama print of "How the West Was Won" (1962), on loan from Hollywood's Cinerama Dome. The festival celebrates various large-screen and cinema technologies, including presentations of Technirama films like "El Cid" (1961) and a newly restored 70mm print of Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1978). AI

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Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Benny Har-Even, Contributor · 2026-08-07 14:51

Cinerama Print Of ‘How The West Was Won’ To Star At Widescreen Weekend

Seeing 3-strip Cinerama projected is super rare, so it’s exciting that 'How the West Was Won' (1962) will be shown at the Widescreen Weekend Film Festival in September.