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* List of them for various gauges
* List of them for various gauges
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===35mm Exhibition Aspect Ratios===
==35mm Exhibition Aspect Ratios==
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  | [[35mm]]  || 1.19:1  || Movietone || 1926 ||  
  | [[35mm]]  || 1.19:1  || Movietone || 1926 ||  
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  | [[35mm]]  || 1.37:1  || Academy ratio || 1932 || Sometimes mistakenly called 1.33
  | [[35mm]]  || 1.37:1  || Academy ratio || 1932 || Sometimes incorrectly called 1.33
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  | [[35mm]]  || 1.66:1  || || 1953 || Warning: widescreen formats may be soft-matted
  | [[35mm]]  || 1.66:1  || || 1953 || Warning: widescreen formats may be soft-matted
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  | [[35mm]]  || 2.39:1  || CinemaScope / Anamorphic || 1953 || CinemaScope aspect ratios vary.
  | [[35mm]]  || 2.39:1  || CinemaScope / Anamorphic || 1953 || CinemaScope aspect ratios vary.
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[[File:Aspectratios-frame.png|left|thumb|300px|Aspect ratios as they appear in the film frame.<br>'''Red''' 1.33, '''Blue''' 1.37, '''Yellow''' 1.66, ''''Green''' 1.85]]
[[File:Aspectratios-screen.png|center|thumb|300px|Aspect ratios as they appear on a full-width [[screen]].]]


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