Anchor Drive-In

10121 Jefferson Avenue,
Newport News, VA 23605

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on March 22, 2025 at 2:47 pm

Its most likely that the Anchor Drive-In opened with Randolph Scott in “Man In The Saddle” along with an unnamed cartoon. The Anchor featured original installations of everything RCA, including RCA projection, RCA Brite Arc lamps, and RCA sound.

Martin Theatres took over the Anchor in October 1969. The Anchor Drive-In last operated independently and closed on November 10, 1985 with “The Terminator” and “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins”.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on April 29, 2019 at 1:05 pm

On EBay, I Think This Is The Right Drive-In But, I Found A 35mm Print Of A Snipe For A Local Shop Located On 12440 Warwick Blvd In Newport News Somewhere Around 1960-ish.

rivest266
rivest266 on March 22, 2017 at 5:15 pm

Better copy of the grand opening ad from Wasser at:

Found on Newspapers.com powered by Newspapers.com

and the photo section.

wsasser
wsasser on December 20, 2012 at 12:45 pm

I just posted a photo of the Grand Opening Ad dated July 23, 1952

ElCartero
ElCartero on June 20, 2008 at 9:20 pm

http://driveins.4t.com/va-newportnews-anchor.htm

Interesting picture here. A local artist painted a mural of Newport News landmarks on the wall of a school cafeteria, reproducing the images from some snapshot photos. One of these was the Anchor DI.