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  • <h1>Broadmeadows Skyline (Hoyts) -</h1>
            
              <p>Opened: 1958 Location: -
              Sydney Road/Hume Hwy, Broadmeadows -
              Capacity: 690 Screens: -
              One Operator: Hoyts Theatres Ltd -
              Closed: 1972 -</p>
            
              <p>Broadmeadows was the forth Skyline drive-in to be built in Melbourne. At one time it was considered that four drive-ins would be enough to satisfy the drive-in theatregoers of the city – how wrong they were. Broadmeadows never reaped the box-office returns that Burwood and Oakleigh attained, in fact even the steady business that Preston garnered eluded Broady for most of its life. Broady had all the elements of the other successful locations but was soon swamped by competition- Notes by Drive in’s Downunder.</p>
            
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  • <h1>Broadmeadows Skyline (Hoyts) -</h1>
            
              <p>Opened: 1958 Location: - Sydney Road/Hume Hwy, Broadmeadows - Capacity: 690 Screens: - One Operator: Hoyts Theatres Ltd - Closed: 1972 -</p>
            
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  • <p>Broadmeadows Skyline (Hoyts) -
              Opened: 1958 Location: - Sydney Road/Hume Hwy, Broadmeadows - Capacity: 690 Screens: - One Operator: Hoyts Theatres Ltd - Closed: 1972 -</p>
            
              <p>Broadmeadows was the forth Skyline drive-in to be built in Melbourne. At one time it was considered that four drive-ins would be enough to satisfy the drive-in theatregoers of the city – how wrong they were. Broadmeadows never reaped the box-office returns that Burwood and Oakleigh attained, in fact even the steady business that Preston garnered eluded Broady for most of its life. Broady had all the elements of the other successful locations but was soon swamped by competition- Notes by Drive in’s Downunder.</p>
            
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  • <h1>Broadmeadows Skyline (Hoyts) -</h1>
            
              <p>Opened: 1958 Location: - Sydney Road/Hume Hwy, Broadmeadows - Capacity: 690 Screens: - One Operator: Hoyts Theatres Ltd - Closed: 1972 -</p>
            
              <p>Broadmeadows was the forth Skyline drive-in to be built in Melbourne. At one time it was considered that four drive-ins would be enough to satisfy the drive-in theatregoers of the city – how wrong they were. Broadmeadows never reaped the box-office returns that Burwood and Oakleigh attained, in fact even the steady business that Preston garnered eluded Broady for most of its life. Broady had all the elements of the other successful locations but was soon swamped by competition- Notes by Drive in’s Downunder.</p>
            
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  • <p>July 1st, 1950</p>
  • <p>May 29th, 1948</p>
  • <p>September 29th, 1954</p>
  • <p>August 1st, 1948</p>
  • <p>August 18th, 1950</p>
  • <p>September 1, 1986 closing ad at the Muncie Drive-In Theatre.</p>
  • <p>Grand opening ad July 3, 1947 for Muncie’s Drive-In Theatre.</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy David Kilderry of Drive-Ins Downunder</p>
  • <p>1984 Aerial image.</p>
  • <p>1970 aerial photo.</p>
  • <p>Perth Town Hall Barrack Street and Hay Street, Perth, WA</p>
            
              <h1>Atmos</h1>
            
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  • <p>Perth Town Hall Barrack Street and Hay Street, Perth, WA</p>
            
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  • <p>Perth Town Hall Barrack Street and Hay Street, Perth, WA</p>
            
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              <h1>COMMUNITY SINGING 1936</h1>
            
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  • <p>The Perth Town Hall, Western Australia, seen from the 50th floor of the Central Park building.</p>
            
              <p>Date 9 January 2021, 10:51:35</p>
            
              <p>Author  Calistemon</p>
            
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  • <p>1980 aerial photo.</p>
  • <p>1991 Aerial image showing the site after it was twinned.</p>
  • <p>1992 Aerial photo after closure.</p>
  • <p>1987 Aerial photo.</p>
  • <p>May 13th, 1949</p>
  • <p>June12, 1969. Ad in Lakeville (CT) Journal.</p>
  • <p>I found this advertisement in a book called “Mill Town Footlights The Theaters of Everett Washington” by David Dilgard. It was on page 99</p>
            
              <p>The films shown here are Quo Vadis from 1951 and a film called Black Fury.</p>
  • <p>This advertisement for the Sky-Vu Drive In Theater comes from the July 1950 issue of the Everett Herald Newspaper.</p>
            
              <p>This was shared with me from the Jack O'Donnell historical collection</p>
            
              <p>Most prominently featured in this ad is Bing Crosby’s “Riding High” alongside Adventure Island with Rory Calhoun and Paul Kelly.</p>
            
              <p>Two other films on here include Albuquerque (likely the 1948 film) and Master Minds</p>