OPENING OF 'CECIL' THEATRE IN HULL

(1 Dec 1955)
GV exterior shot of 'Cecil'. CU 'Cecil' nameplate. CU plaque commemorating opening. CU lions heads on wall. CU Mayor of Hull arrives.. CU Mayor meets Wallace Rockett. CU John Davis (Managing Director of the Rank Organisation) and his wife arrive and are met by the Mayor. SCU and CU they tour the cinemas. CU Davis cuts the tape and declares the cinema open. CU Dinah Sheridan presents a mascot kitten. SCU people lining up and going in. CU the projection room interior. CU anamorphic lens being put into position.
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[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

55" screen... many want that in their homes now lol