CinemaScope comes to The Pioneer (Open Air) Theatre Tennant Creek - NT

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CinemaScope comes to The Pioneer Open Air Theatre Tennant Creek, NT – Greg Lynch says – Fri 10 Sep, 1954 ( Page 6 ) Bill Burton receives a mention in “Tennant Creek Notes” quote: “Mr. Bill Burton arrived back from Adelaide on Thursday’s air craft and tells me he hasn’t been warm since he left Tennant Creek. Bill took an advanced course in Motion Picture Projection whilst away” end quote.. Yes it was time for the Pioneer to go Big Screen and Bill had traveled to Adelaide to learn about the installation of the modern miracle, CinemaScope. This meant the purchase of anamorphic lenses and the building of a new double size screen to project CinemaScope movies. Yes Big Screen movies had arrived in Tennant