Resort's first encounter with drive-in movies draws droves.

Resort's first encounter with drive-in movies draws droves.
Resort's first encounter with drive-in movies draws droves.
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278242
Newspaper
  • Morecambe Guardian
Article title
Resort's first encounter with drive-in movies draws droves.
Issue date
29/07/1994
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Issue date year
1994
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Illustrated
Yes
Obituary
No
Library location
  • Morecambe
Format
  • Cuttings
Details
Hundreds turn out for outdoor screening of alien blockbuster.
With that weird little tune that people everywhere whistle to signify a strange happening, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' went down in film history this weekend as Morecambe's first ever drive-in movie. Some 450 cars rolled up to the car park of the town's Midland Hotel to watch the movie.