Table of Formats and Aspect Ratios

Year
Forma Aspect
Name Originator Introduc Frame Area
Abandoned t Ratio
ed
Kinetoscope Edison/W. K. L. Dickson 1894 1896 4-35 1.33:1 1.000x0.750
Vitascope C. F. Jenkins/T. Armat 1895 N/A 4-35 1.33:1 1.000x0.750
Ciné Lumi&232re Brothers 1895 N/A 4-35 1.33:1 1.000x0.750
Eidoloscope Woodville Latham & Sons 1895 1897 4-51 N/A N/A
Demeny-
Georges Demeny 1896 N/A 4-60 1.4:1 1.750x1.250
Gaumont/Prestwich
Viventoscope Blair 1897 N/A 1-48 1.5:1 1.500x1.000
Veriscope Enoch Rector 1897 N/A 5-63 1.66:1 1.875x1.125
1897 N/A 0-68 1.35:1 2.625x1.938
Biograph American Biograph Co.
1900 N/A 4-35 N/A N/A
Lumiè Wide Film Lumiè Brothers 1900 N/A 8-75 N/A N/A
10x4-
Ciné (a.k.a. Ciné) Raoul Grimoin-Sanson 1900 1900 360° N/A
70
Pathé
Pathé 1912 N/A 4-28 1.33:1 N/A
KOK/Pathescope
1914 N/A 5-70 2.52:1 N/A
Panoramica Filoteo Alberini 10-
1924 N/A 2.52:1 N/A
35H
2x4-
Widescope J. D. Elms 1921 1925 N/A N/A
35
Pathé Baby Pathé 1923 - 1-9.5 1.33:1 N/A
16mm Kodak 1923 - 1-16 1.34:1 0.380x0.284
Pathé Rural Pathé 1926 N/A 1-17.5 1.33:1 N/A
Natural Vision Radio-Keith-Orpheum 1926 1930 6-63.5 1.85:1 N/A
Magnascope Paramount 1926 1953 4-35 N/A N/A
4-
Hypergonar Henri Chré 1927 1937 35A2. 2.66:1 1.000x0.750
0
3x4-
Polyvision Abel Gance 1927 1927 N/A N/A
35
Grandeur 20th Century Fox 1929 1931 4-70 2:1 N/A
Magnafilm Paramount/L. de Riccio N/A 1930 4-56 2:1 N/A
Realife Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1930 1931 4-70 2:1 N/A
Vitascope Warner Brothers 1930 1930 5-65 2:1 N/A
Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Academy 1932 - 4-35 1.37:1 0.825x0.602
Sciences
Double-8 Kodak 1932 - 1-8 1.36:1 0.182x0.134
3x6-
Cinerama Cinerama Inc./Fred Waller 1952 1972 2.72:1 3x0.985x1.088
35
4- 2.55:1 0.912x0.715
CinemaScope 20th Century Fox 1953 1957 35A2.
2.35:1 0.898x0.715
0
10-
Glamorama N/A 1953 1953 N/A N/A
35H
VistaVision Paramount 1954 1961 8-35H 1.5:1 1.485x0.991
Todd-AO Michael Todd/American Optical 1955 - 5-70 2.2:1 2.072x0.906
 Co.
9/11x
Circarama Walt Disney 1955 1961 360° N/A
1-16
8-
55.62 2.35:1 1.430x1.824
5A2.0
4-
CinemaScope-55 20th Century Fox 1956 1958 35A2. 2.55:1 0.912x0.715
0
4-
35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
4- 2.55:1 0.912x0.715
Technirama Technicolor 1956 1967 35A2.
2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
4-
Cinestage N/A 1956 N/A 35A1. 2.2:1 0.912x0.685
56
3x6-
Kinopanorama Russia 1957 - 2.77:1 N/A
35
5-
70A1. 2.76:1 2.072x0.906
25
5-
65A1. 2.76:1 2.072x0.906
25
M-G-M Camera-65 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1957 1966
4-
35A2. 2.55:1 0.912x0.715
0
4-
35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
3x6-
CineMiracle Louis de Rochemont 1958 1961 2.55:1 N/A
35
Smith & Carney
Smith & Carney 1958 N/A 4-35 N/A N/A
180°
11x4-
Circlorama N/A 1958 1964 360° N/A
35
5-70 2.2:1 N/A
4-
Super Technirama 70 Technicolor 1958 N/A
35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
4-
Panavision Panavision 1959 - 35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
5-70 2.2:1 N/A
4-
Super Panavision Panavision 1959 N/A
35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
Wonderama Arc 120 Technicolor 1960 N/A 4-35 2.64:1 N/A
Cine-System 3 U.S.A.F. 1960 N/A 1-3 1.33:1 N/A
 4-
Techniscope Technicolor 1963 N/A 35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
5-
70A1. 2.7:1 N/A
25
Ultra Panavision Panavision/M-G-M 1963 1968
4-
35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
5-70 150° N/A
4-
Dimension 150 Todd-AO/20th Century Fox 1963 1970
35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
Super 8 Kodak 1965 - 1-8 1.36:1 0.215x0.158
1.66:1 0.464x0.2806
Super 16 Kodak 1970 - 1-16
1.85:1 0.464x0.2516
4-
Todd-AO 35 Todd-AO 1971 N/A 35A2. 2.35:1 0.839x0.715
0
15-
IMAX IMAX Corporation 1970 - 1.43:1 2.740x1.910
70H
15-
OMNIMAX IMAX Corporation 1973 - Ovoid 2.740x1.980
70H
5x4-
Circlevision Walt Disney N/A - 200° N/A
35
Cinema 180 Omni Films N/A - 5-70 180° N/A
Showscan Douglas Trumbull 1984 - 5-70 N/A N/A
Iwerks 870 Iwerks Entertainment N/A - 8-70 N/A N/A
3x5-
Ultra Toruscope Torus Films N/A - 360° N/A
70

Footnotes:
• N/A signifies that verified information for this category is not currently available.
• AR is an abbreviation for Aspect Ratio - the ratio of the width of the image to its height,
expressed in the form x:1.
• A dash in the year abandoned column indicates the format is still in use.
• The frame area is expressed in inches.
• The film format is expressed using the following notation:
nxp-mmAc.c Where nx, if present, is the number of film strips, e.g. 3x for Cinerama;
p is the number of perforations in one film margin per frame (except centre perf.
formats), e.g. 5 for Todd-AO;
mm is the width of the film in millimetres, e.g. 55.625 for CinemaScope-55;
Ac.c, if present, indicates that the image is anamorphically expanded from the film by
expansion factor c.c, e.g. A2.0 for CinemaScope;
and H, if present, denotes a horizontally-running format, e.g. 8-35H for VistaVision.
• Super 16 prints are rarely made. Dimensions given refer to extraction areas for blowing
up to 35mm release prints.