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  • <p>Reportedly opened in September of 1953 was this daylight drive-in concept on Trafalgar Road in Oakville by National Theatre Services Circuit. That’s actually the projection room at the far left of the pictures which had a 60' throw to the icipolarized daylight screen that was 44' wide. It allowed earlier starting times. Odeon’s Regional Theatres Circuit purchased the drive-in in 1956 and the more traditional 5 Drive-In would supplant the failed “daylight drive-in.”</p>
  • <p>Is this the predecessor of The 5? Depending on whether you follow the roads or fly like a crow, “2 miles east of the Ford plant” is in Lake Ontario or on the coast, and not between any highways. On the other hand, The 5 sits 1.5-2 miles <em>west</em> of the plant, between those two highways.</p> <p>I have no interest in the copyright, if any, in this newspaper clipping. Lord only knows what the Canadian rules are. I posted it here purely for non-commercial, scholarly purposes, aka “fair use” here in the USA.</p>
  • <p>July 6th, 1950</p>
  • <p>September 11th, 1959</p>
  • <p>The Mission Drive-In on Aug. 24, 2007, which had just reopened after being vandalized earlier that year.</p>
  • <p>Demolition crews tear down outlying bricks and fencing along the Mission Drive-In on May 18, 2009 for construction of a library, office and retail space. The screen tower was to be preserved and incorporated into the 26 acre redeveloped site as an amphitheater.</p>
  • <p>This opened on July 28th, 1950. Grand opening ad posted.</p>
  • <p>September 13th, 1949</p>
  • <p>September 14th, 1950</p>
  • <p>Blumenfeld promotes the arrival of CinemaScope at the Fruitridge and two of their other Sacramento area drive-ins in this 1954 ad from the Sacramento Bee. Apparently all three installations were done at the very same time.</p>
  • <p>66 Drive-In Grand Opening story from the 1955 Holbrook Tribune-News</p>
  • <p>The Wagon Wheel was operating as early as July 1956, based on this ad in the Holbrook AZ Tribune-News.</p> <p>Is this ad still under copyright? Probably not, but don’t take my word for it.</p>
  • <p>June 29th, 1950</p>
  • <p>June 28th, 1950</p>
  • <p>Detail from the 1955 Grand Opening ad for the Western Star from the Holbrook Tribune-News</p>
  • <p>1965</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Dispatch,” June 21, 1961</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Citizen,” Friday 16 and 18, 1948</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Dispatch,” May 12, 1974</p>
  • <p>“Columbus Dispatch” August 16, 1964</p>
  • <p>1974 Flyer listing other Drive-in’s that were part of the Rainbow Theatre chain in the 1970’s.</p>
  • <p>Here I am working the booth at Sky-Vue D/I in 1978. I was 16 years old. The first reel of “Smokey and the Bandit” is running on the projector! Equipment was Century C projectors, R6 reproducers, Ashcraft Cinex Special carbon arc lamps running an 11mm trim, and Altec 287W field amplification. Those were the days…</p>
  • <p>The entrance</p>