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Random House, Published 1958. Hardcover, 65 pp.; 29 cm; illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, illustrated route-map endpapers, a labeled rigging diagram of a windjammer on a gatefold folding out on both sides, and a fold-out color photograph of the Christian Radich in New York harbor on rear endpaper.
In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. Mild shelf and edge wear, with a tiny bit of nicking to paper at head and foot of spine. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Souvenir book for Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958), the only feature film shot in the widescreen Cinemiracle process. Produced by Louis de Rochemont, it follows the Norwegian school ship Christian Radich and her cadets from Oslo to Madeira, the Caribbean and New York and home again. Alan Villiers, technical consultant on the film, contributes The School of the Sea, including his account of the loss of the Pamir in 1957, and Sailing a Square-Rigger. Also includes a cadet's shipboard diary, a glossary of ship's terms, a color section of stills, and chapters on the Cinemiracle camera and projection system by director of photography Gayne Rescher. Foreword by Elmer C. Rhoden of National Theatres. Contents: The School of the Sea; Voyage of the Christian Radich; Death of the Pamir; The Viking Sword; Wind, Steam and Atoms; Old Salts' Superstitions; Louis de Rochemont; The Production Crew; The Crew; Sven Erik Libaek; Windjammer Music; Principal Parts of a Windjammer; Glossary of Ship's Terms; An Adventure in Color; Sailing a Square-Rigger; The Cinemiracle Camera at Work; Cinemiracle, What It Is, How It Achieves Its Miracles; Cinemiracle's Perfected Projection System; The Monster That Works Miracles; Stereo Hi-Fi X7; The Men Behind the Machines; Louis de Rochemont Associates; Future Plans; The Full Scope of Cinemiracle.