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Welcome to Starlight Drive-In
Title:
Welcome to Starlight Drive-In
NFSA ID
58827
Year
1960
This clip was aimed at visitors to Starlight Drive-In, located in the suburb of Watson to the north of Canberra and operating from 1957 to 1993.
It includes pre-show information for those attending with a special mention to replace the speaker on the stand before driving away!
The site has since been developed into the Starlight Apartments but the original neon sign still marks its location.
Drive-in theatres (also known as drive-in cinemas or drive-ins) were once very popular in Australia.
They very much appealed to post – Second World War youth and car culture. The advent of colour TV and video rental stores contributed to their demise.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.