Drive-In Movie Theaters - Life in America

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[@erichill612]

Growing up in the 70's, going to the Drive-In was a major treat. I wish the Drive-ins would make a comeback.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

I thought they would last year. It was the perfect opportunity.

[@karenstrycharz1499]

They just opened one on grounds of Eastern States Exposition( huge New England fair & 6 th largest in the USA. We go to one at Wellfleet(Wellfleet , Ma on Cape Cod) Drive-In but I had so hoped more would be built & opened all over too!!! I feel as you do! Love them & wish there were more!♥️

[@mfs2778]

What?

[@Porsche996driver]

They kind of did have a comeback with Covid. A couple drive ins in SoCal reopened beyond just daytime flea markets. Makes perfect sense.

[@darkaneurysms8633]

I grew up in the 70's too, so I know exactly what you're talking about. The days of the double feature! Drive-inns made a half-ass comeback because of covid-19. It should have been a much bigger return than what it did. Maybe it would have helped the movie industry better.🤷

[@pennymartin3821]

I was born 1955, I do miss the Drive-in movie theater, I would think of the days of going to the Drive -in with my brother Jeff and my parents, and it makes me miss my family. Thanks for the memories

[@crustycurmudgeon2182]

Born in '55 also. Have great memories of those special days.

[@medusagorgo5146]

We still have a drive in my areas and when I was stationed in NY we went to one near the Canadian border in Alexandria Bay.

[@lacy.knickers146]

Absolutely Penny. I was also born in 1955.

[@samiam619]

You people are OLD! I’m a youngster born in late (and I mean late) ‘56!

[@angeladresser60]

@@samiam619 What do you mean OLD, kid. I was born in 1939.

[@dontown1531]

I remember there was a Drive-in in Ottawa, Canada in 1950s that had a sign during winter that said 'Closed for Season, Reason, Freezein' .

[@lacy.knickers146]

That’s funny!

[@SLam-ve3yp]

The one in Templeton (Gatineau) just closed in 2019.

[@troyqueen9503]

Worked at the Sussex Drive in in the 70s

[@onefatstratcat]

My teenage years were in the 70's.. It was until recently that I found out how some of these movies ended :)

[@onefatstratcat]

@@BR549-8 working on mysteries without any clues... :)

[@gvleone]

I actually missed all the movie after the first 5 minutes!

[@austinstratman1809]

Who watched the movie? Haha

[@BakedRBeans]

@@onefatstratcat ".......in the back seat of my '60 Chevy..." Thanks, Bob, for the great song.

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

Drive ins were the best place to bring a date. By the time the previews were over, the windows were all fogged up! 😉

[@deanvoss7098]

Hell yea

[@jamesvw769]

Yep girls were so easy back then.

[@ronaldmayle1823]

A bag of popcorn and a coke and the girl was all yours.

[@joemackey1950]

They weren't called "passion pits" for nothin". :)

[@Mickcotton]

After the Movie was over The Girls were pregnant. No morning after a Drive -Thru Pill back then 😩. Only a coat hanger in a alley

[@luisreyes1963]

What a shame the Drive-In Theater is nothing more than a fond memory these days. To those who still have access to one, consider yourselves blessed. 😢

[@acgillespie]

3 Miles down the road... yes we are so blessed. your welcome to come and enjoy one as well. shall you? next weekend. we'll have a pot of grandma's old fashioned cicada stew to share and of course the corn bread

[@mrmjb1960]

Most of them are abandoned relics sadly.

[@mrmjb1960]

@@acgillespie Well it is Cicada Season and they are reported to be plentiful this year.

[@acgillespie]

@@mrmjb1960 .I'm glad ours is still here and it's just a little bit in the country.. I have taken many to the drive in for the very first time for them.kids love um as always

[@ericzerkle5214]

I have one 8 miles from me!

[@virus2003]

My pa used to make us kids hide in the back of our van under blankets and keep real quiet to "sneak" us into the drive-in. Turns out you paid by the car, not the person. He just did it to add some excitement into our lives and make himself laugh, I'm sure. :)

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Sweet story 😊what a nice memory 🍿🍻

[@johnp139]

I think that he just told you that so that you didn’t think that he was a thief.

[@uncjim]

Your Dad was a good man.

[@cameraman655]

Me, I was the designated “trunk boy”....🥴

[@trudyrank7389]

@@cameraman655 Me too...trunk girl !

[@mrmjb1960]

I remember those RCA type speakers latched in holders. And those Drive-In Intermissions! Classic.

[@bethshadid2087]

Ikr. Years later they changed from those to AM radio channel....wasn't the same

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

I seriously thought the drive-in would make a huge comeback last year. It would be a great way to get out of the house and see a movie, while maintaining social distancing outdoors!

[@JuMaRi615]

Ours started doing concerts. Bon Jovi is in June

[@daviddigital6887]

People don't know how to act anymore. I'm afraid it would just attract trouble unless the prices were high enough. Security risks, shootings, riots, etc etc.

[@dogabc6296]

The one near me did well, but they didn't show any movies I wanted to see

[@bethshadid2087]

Me too

[@servantofthelivinggod6192]

Don’t forget to wear your masks in your cars, o ridiculous and fearful people.

[@Gunrunner4532]

My children and grandchildren are missing a real treat.

[@samanthab1923]

It does suck doesn't it. My son was a baby when we were able to take him. But then it closed & they built a Target on the property. We saw Titanic. Dog included 😊

[@memyselfandifarmer]

we have one, butler pa.

[@totallysmooth1203]

Now look what America's Democrat enemies socially engineered this country into. All for perpetual power for their malignant political party.

[@frankrizzo4460]

They still exist here in Florida, actually they're doing very well since the virus situation people would rather sit inside their cars then a movie theater. Thanks for the video.

[@macsenplays]

I am honestly shocked they didn’t proliferate more given the circumstances.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Your Governor is great.

[@annmeredith6217]

We used to have , but haven't for a very long time. Those were the days , the 60's growing up was so wonderful ! I love these old videos .

[@krisrhood2127]

Before the pandemic they used to show movies outdoors in Philadelphia for free

[@frankrizzo4460]

@@BigEightiesNewWave Yes he is I totally agree with you.

[@freedomring4813]

Born in 1960 and grew up in the best of times 😊,but unfortunately I will die seeing the worst of times😥.

[@jefflanham1080]

Upsetting isn’t it.....sad. I grew up in the’70s-‘80s and I don’t even recognize my country or the people in it anymore.

[@johnbockelie3899]

My friends and I would go to the Thunderbird ( thunder chicken ) drive in back in the 1980's just to walk around and meet our friends.😀

[@raywood8187]

I was born in 59 and I get that!

[@ilovegoodsax]

I was also born in 1960 (October). You and I must be living in different worlds.

[@freedomring4813]

@@ilovegoodsax Oh look folks ,this is the KZbin troll that I've run into before.

[@0blivioniox864]

GenX'er who used to go to drive-ins all the time - here. I miss them a lot. Nothing like the comfort and privacy of your own car.

[@davebarnessr.5805]

Gen x?? Only baby boomers remember this , not gen x!!

[@patrickpetrowsky8136]

Gen X here.

[@0blivioniox864]

@@patrickpetrowsky8136 we exist

[@0blivioniox864]

@@davebarnessr.5805 born in 74. I assure you I have plenty of drive thru memories

[@madamesalamander16]

Same! And many of us Gen Xer's drove an old boat with bench seats, which was far more comfortable. It's just not the same trying to get busy in the back of a Prius!

[@schallrd1]

Everyone loved Drive-Ins for many reasons. Bring them back!

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

I miss drive-ins😊

[@larrydewein401]

I'm 81 so drive-ins were a large part of my life but I never heard of a fly in drive in. Very interesting. Had someone said that I would have thought of it as a joke!!

[@donaldblankenship8057]

The thing about the fly-in drive in was that we all had to fly in at close to the same time before dark. Then we were stuck there until at least dawn or later if it were raining. Only a show-off could leave at night if he had an IFR certificate.

[@kbunky69]

As a kid we had many drive in movies by me .. loved when we were young kids get in our Pj pillows blankets in back of our station wagon and watching a great family movie ..

[@samanthab1923]

Had the same experience. There were 5 of us! Saw Bambi. Drive in was in Hazlet NJ on Rt. 35. Long gone. I think there is a BJ's there now. My husband & I saw Days of Thunder before it closed.

[@michaelorenstein9165]

Yep, when you're 5 or so, going to the movies in your PJs was a thrill. The playground beneath the screen was a bonus. And the concessions building overwhelmed the senses with the smells of grilled meats and popcorn, and brightly colored food wrappers.

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

Some had a play ground

[@kbunky69]

@@bobsmoth-iv3sp yes the biggest drive in was on long Island ny Westbury Drive in they had restaurant and playground fir little kids .

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

K M sounds like a real adventure for a child Almost like a camp out

[@henryseldon6077]

The first girl I ever kissed was at a drive-in, behind the snack bar. We held hands the rest of the night. What a magical time and place to grow up!

[@tymesho]

Cold chicken and pop, the old green with "wood" sides station wagon filled with blankets, and playing under the big screen in the kids park on nice grass before before the show near sunset! The best part? wearing just PJ's! Cars were much stronger then, Pop's would let us all get on the roof for half the night~ The second (or third) movie would be for the adults, Mom would bring us in the station wagon, and make us cover our eyes if things got 'racy', we'd always sneak and watch anyway, lol! Ours was only 2 miles away, but we usually fell asleep going home. Waking up and carrying blankets into the house seemed SO HARD! We never had alot of money, so this was the biggest treat ever! I'll never forget the color cartoons, and how vivid they looked! Woody Woodpecker especially! This was my "Sixties"~~~~~~~~~~

[@freedomring4813]

You were lucky to live so close . It usually took us about half hour or more one way ,so it was a real treat . Maybe 2 a summer if we were lucky.

[@tymesho]

Freedom, Pops just started at GM, Mom stayed home. He was bringing home less than a hundred a week with 4 kids. If we went 4 times a summer we were in heaven! It was a rural area, deer would pass in the back woods. We'd NEVER be able to hit the concession shop, and ate food brought from home, (lot's of Kool-aid, lol). Sadly now, the screen was pulled in 1999, and the area is still for sale, and has reverted to woods. Your so right, we were lucky~

[@Gunrunner4532]

I remember when the speakers you would hang on the window were replaced with a system that would play over your car radio on an AM station. The pole that used to mount the speaker and wire became a low power antenna.

[@samanthab1923]

That was a big step up. Those speakers were so big & bulky.

[@joansmith3807]

I forgot about those speakers and AM radio. Thanks for the memory

[@-oiiio-3993]

I still have one of those speakers.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@Paco Still have one.

[@richardgray8593]

@Paco Teenagers would drive off on purpose to steal the speaker as a souvenir.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Back in the 70's we took the truck to the drive-in. We had the bed padded like a bedroom with pillows and blankets. Park the truck backwards so the bed points to the screen. Then lay there like a bunch of humps watching the movie. So great.

[@JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

Boy, does this bring back the memories! When my mother was a teenager, early 1950's, her step-father ran a drive-in theater in Pueblo Colorado. They actually lived in a long narrow house under the screen. She would work in the concession stands as the "Popcorn Girl". She worked there until she married my dad. She went back in the early 60"s to make some extra money. I remember as a little kid going to the drive in my PJ's. Dad would watch the movie and my mom would pop corn. After intermission, my mom would come out and we would go home. I saw the first half of a lot of movies when I was 4 or 5 years old!

[@samanthab1923]

That is so cool. When my son was in HS he his van driver would tell him stories of his parents running the local drive in. It came up in conversation because I saw a photo in a history book about the town. Cool thing was when we first moved here the screen & the poles for speakers were still out in an over grown field.

[@JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

@@samanthab1923 Very Cool! The drive-in I mentioned is now a Lowe"s. The drive-in closed over 30 years ago.

[@kyleoliver3572]

@@JeffDonahueScaleModeling I figured you were referring to the Pueblo Drive In. I really miss that giant brick screen.

[@JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

@@kyleoliver3572 you are right. The Pueblo Drive-in was the place to go for entertainment in the 50's and 60's! The brick you are referring to was just a facade. The screen was mostly a wood structure with a masonry covering. The original screen was much narrower, about 30 feet was added to it in the late 50's to accommodate the wider cinemascope format. In front of the screen was a playground for the kids, and at one time a gasoline powered train would loop around the screen. Great memories!

[@samanthab1923]

Jeff Donahue Bummer. The Ringoes NJ one I spoke of is now a 4H Fairground. Could have been worse.

[@cabbitkisser2620]

fun as a kid in 70's my mom made some popcorn as a snack . my dad used to take me and my bro early and we go to the playground next to the screen untill the movie starts. sit back and watched the adv for the snack bar. remember seeing the amityville horror at the drive in. but when 1984 or 85 came around they closed down. it's sad where the kids today will never experience what us older gen has experience. you don't know what you miss untill it gone.

[@K1OIK]

bro?

[@oblioarrow567]

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot!"

[@sagbrady8414]

You lived my memories...did the same...same movie..plus tons more...life was good but we didn't know it..

[@cliffordbodine5834]

Wow, I totally forgot about the playgrounds that were at some of the drive-ins.

[@trudyrank7389]

I remember the first movie I saw at the Drive In in the early 50’s which was Tammy with my brothers and sister in pjs in the back of our station wagon with blankets and pillows . Later on in high school because I was the smallest, I always had to get in the trunk...to save $....whew !

[@jeffsilverman6104]

Excellent. I grew up during the 1960s watching great movies from the back seat of my dad's ragtop Galaxie at the Van Nuys, Sepulveda, Reseda, and Canoga drive-ins in L.A. some of my best memories.

[@lauranardoni5626]

We are from the same neighborhood, I remember all of the drive-ins, lived a block from one of them.

[@jeffsilverman6104]

@@lauranardoni5626 We lived on Lassen by the Sepulveda VA hospital.

[@jerryshunk7152]

I saw The Fly & The Alligator People dbl. bill in '59 somewhere in the Valley & had nightmares all night long as I recall !

[@brunobiava4833]

We lived in Claremont, Grandma was in Van Nuys and my Cousins in Canoga Park... I remember on the way home on Sunday night trying to catch a glimpse of the Drive-in movies from the freeway on the way home.

[@vickiladu6755]

I grew up in the SF Valley and I remember all those drive ins too!

[@fob1xxl]

Grew up in the late 50's and early 60's in Northern California. It was MEL'S DRIVE IN and THE DRIVE IN THEATER ! What fun we used to have. No going to the Mall and hanging out. No playing video games. Hanging with your friends, going on a date. It was all so damn much fun ! Boy do I miss those days ! I miss my friends too.....

[@mtthielsen8342]

My earliest memory was my Mom taking me and a friend to see "On any Sunday". Then a few years later, I recall drive in's with girls. I wish it could just stay the 70's all the time.

[@kevinsmith5288]

Loved going to the Drive-In when I was a kid. My mom would pop a big brown shopping bag of popcorn and make a large thermos of lemonade to save money on having to buy snacks there. The problem was that when half time came they would show what was available at the snack bar 😋! Everything always looked so good! In reality, it wasn't, but I always wanted to get something, and usually did, but it wasn't the food😅!

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

They should have been fined for false advertising . From hat they showed and what the food really looked like

[@xaenon]

I worked for a drive-in in the 1980s and learned how their popcorn was made. Trust me, you DON'T want to know...lol.

[@angeladay1534]

Yeppers! The good times! 😆🥰🍿🎉📽️

[@BakedRBeans]

@@xaenon I worked at 7-11 in summer of 1974. My favorite job was making popcorn. It was fun, and there was nothing nasty about it. Just margerine, popcorn, and salt. I loved making coffee, too!

[@xaenon]

​@@BakedRBeans I worked for a drive in from 1982-1984 and they made popcorn in 'trash bag' quantities. I don't mean no little 'desk wastebasket' bag, either. I mean those things you fill with leaves in the fall. It started by ladling LARD into the machine. Bright, almost Da-Glo orange, and it was friggin GROSS. Then we tossed in salt and and big scoops of popcorn kernels, and fired that thing up. I have no idea how it came out smelling or tasting as good as it did. They always used too much salt, though. Understandable, because it made it easier to sell those half gallon soft drinks. Being an employee, though - we could have as much popcorn or soda as we wanted, for free. The last time I worked for a theater was in 1997. They didn't make their own popcorn anymore; it was purchased pre-popped in giant bags. It would be tossed into a warmer, and any butter or salt would be added when the customer purchased it.

[@batman5224]

I love drive-in theaters. In fact, I just built a private one in the field behind my house. I live in the country, so I’m not disturbing anyone.

[@douglas_drew]

Joe, let me know if my drone bothers you...

[@mikehughes4969]

You, sir, are a man after my own heart.

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Lucky you!! ☺️

[@sharonwhite4847]

I hope you have many more happy years with your drive-in, enjoy life!

[@samjones3106]

I remember there was a playground in front and when the cartoon started all the kids would go running and screaming back to their cars. Then when we got older with our own cars it was make out city with your date.

[@ladylaura8038]

I’m so grateful to have been able to experience the drive in during the early 70’s. My parents would load up the stationwagon along with the other families in the neighborhood, as kids you could be on the playground with all your friends, watch the movie from on top of the car, go to the concession stand!! (always the best part) great memories 🥰💯

[@VideoSaySo]

My son is autistic and I never would have even remotely considered taking him into a movie theatre when he was little, but we would go to the Fun Lan Drive in and Flea Market (3 screens!) in Tampa every week! I really miss us going...it was always just me and him and we would stop at the Wendy's on Hillsborough and get our dinner, but I wouldn't let him start eating it until the previews came on and we would set up a little tray. That would keep him entertained for a little while...then we would go to the bathroom and snack bar about halfway through so he could pick out a piece of candy...many pieces of which he ate the next day because he would usually fall asleep in the backseat before he even ate it that night. We saw Sleepy Hollow, Reign of Fire, The Sixth Sense (yeah...lol...I know!)...but the best time I think we ever had at there was during Sleepy Hollow the movie glitched and everybody in the parking lot was honking their horns...so I figured he would enjoy that too. And he did. A lot. 🤣🤣🤣

[@bretthibbs6083]

was there 2 drive theaters in that area cause the one i remember is the one in pinellas park that had a flea market there also or is it the same one I don't quit remember since it's been over 30 years since I've been there.

[@VideoSaySo]

@@bretthibbs6083 I just remember the one on Hillsborough...it was a flea market on Thursdays, I do believe.

[@bretthibbs6083]

@@VideoSaySo oh okay yeah this one was in pinellas park and I think it was either on seminole or pinellas park blvd this was back in the early 90's so either they moved or closed that one down.

[@bethshadid2087]

Ours had two separate screens playing two different movies. If you bored of one you picked....just walk over and watch the other. Ours didn't start the swap meets until after it closed.

[@archonlegion6288]

Ahhh!!! The joy of driving off with the speaker still in the window

[@sharonwhite4847]

Daddy did that a few times and blamed it on Mom, she didn't tell him to hang it up! lol

[@BakedRBeans]

Wouldn't that break the glass? Those cables were strong! Maybe if it was attached to the door itself, you could do that.

[@luisreyes1963]

You naughty person. 🤨

[@texman8150]

I remember those intermissions for trips to the Snack Bar, when they had on-screen ads for the food items being sold, and a countdown to when the movie would start.

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

they showed delicious and what they had tended to be dried up

[@dontraylor4476]

We grew up on Drive-Ins, and loved every minute of them. Our city had 4 , the Chief, the Cloverleaf, the Community, and the Corral. What a great time to be alive. They're all gone now, but not forgotten.

[@haveanicedave1551]

We have 1 drive-in with six screens.

[@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy]

I miss them

[@daleroberts1909]

We had a drive-in in my hometown of spokane Washington! The Newport drive-in would have dust to dawn movies! They would have the 3 stooges,warner bros cartoons,and many others play back to back until the sun came up that morning? After trying to stay up all night it made it a hard time driving home in the morning! They would come by your car and wake up the people so, they could clean up for the next night to dawn! Fun times good memories

[@twwap294]

Many great memories of going to the drive-in. It was all good! Thank you

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Ahhhh yes... the good times 👍🥂🍿

[@uncjim]

The Drive-in was where you went to Make Out..❤️

[@Jonathan_Taylor]

They were. But it didn't work out so great in the movie Christine. Sometimes your car gets jealous..

[@naughtydorf18]

@@Jonathan_Taylor or a fart ruins the activity

[@-oiiio-3993]

The ol' passion pit.

[@amedm1844]

And...... :-) I worked at a drive in theatre. It was not uncommon to see condoms on the ground at times.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@amedm1844 If this van's a rockin'... .

[@Jonathan_Taylor]

My first Drive-In movie experience was watching "The Incredibe Shrinking Woman", starring Lily Tomlin in 81'. My brothers and sister sat on the tailgate of our backed up green Ford LTD wagon..

[@azmike1]

I saw "JAWS" at the La Puente, Calif., Vineland Drive-IN theatre in 1974-5. It was terrifying!

[@ponyboy481]

Lol same here saw it at the Vineland in la puente an a lot of James bonds movies

[@lacy.knickers146]

I saw it too when it came out with friend.

[@kahilllewis975]

My family saw Jaws as a double feature with Evil Dead last Halloween. It was my son's first time seeing the movie and he loved it. I remember Jaws as being my first drive-in movie I could remember.

[@gregggoss2210]

This was a subject near and dear to my heart. I grew up in the next town over from where the first drive in was. We had our own called the Starlight Drive In. Crawled under that fence many times to see movies. There is still one drive in theater in South Jersey called the Delsea Drive In in Vineland New Jersey. Good memories.

[@samanthab1923]

There was one near me growing up that backed up on a development. The kids who lived there had there own little path leading to the hole in the fence

[@cliffordbodine5834]

Starlight Drive-In in Gloucester, New Jersey. I lived not too far from there. A childhood friend's grandfather was the projectionist there. There's just apartments there now.

[@gregggoss2210]

@@cliffordbodine5834 , if you remember that, then you probably remember the King Theater too.

[@cliffordbodine5834]

@@gregggoss2210 I don't remember it specifically. Was it in Gloucester on King Street?

[@gregggoss2210]

@@cliffordbodine5834 , yes. Closer to Essex street than Jersey Avenue.

[@hebneh]

"Drive out, the drive-in way / Drive-ins are here to stay / Enjoy relaxing too... / You never get up to let somebody through! / Your seats are the best there are / That's 'cause they're in your own car / So drive out, the drive-in way!" (1950s radio commercial)

[@Cryo837]

I remember the old "El Rancho" drive-in in the Renton/Kent area in WA. $1.99 a carload. And in HS we packed the station wagon. And then we would try to pick up the girls who worked in the concession stand. And those speakers would clip of the side window and most of the time they worked. In Bellingham we saw a triple feature at a drive-in: The Birds, The Bees, and The Vulture. The Vulture scared the crap out of we little kids coz someone would be standing there and suddenly big claws on each shoulder, and then they are carried away. The Birds was good too. Weather in WA could be an issue. Many times we watched the movies with the wipers going.

[@Jonathan_Taylor]

If you still live in Washington. There is one still open near Shelton..

[@dwlopez57]

Aw yes. The El Rancho. Many memories from there

[@kG-lj1mp]

It's in Belfair WA I think and it's the Rodeo Drive Inn, we went pandemic time as soon as they could open and they make their own burgers etc. We love it !

[@stvitalkid7981]

Those animated countdowns for enticing patrons to come to the concession stand were the absolute best! They also included cheesy announcements for local advertisers and sternly worded public service announcements as well. Classic stuff!

[@kahilllewis975]

I actually downloaded the movie intermission animations to play during family movie night.

[@patriciayoung3267]

My Grandfather owned a drive-in theatre. I saw all the Disney films there as a child. It was wonderful. I will never forget those huge heavy speakers you would hang off your window. I think they would rip the door off a modern car nowdays. LOL

[@nyccatholic2765]

Drive-Ins of the 50s 60s & 70s were some of the best days of our lives. Many Thanks for this short fab doc nostalgia.

[@wolfsmith2865]

I grew up in SoCal. One of the features of drive-ins I loved was weekend swapmeets. In about 6 hours, if you got up early enough and shopped fast, you could visit 5 to 7 swapmeets all over Los Angeles and the surrounding communities. You could find almost anything legal and plenty of shady items for sale each weekend.

[@bethshadid2087]

After ours here in Georgia closed they used it as a swap meet/flea market

[@DrumWild]

Ah, yes. Been to Santa Fe many times.

[@BakedRBeans]

Ah yes, the So Cal swapmeets of late 60s/ early 70s! The home of bootleg 4-track and 8-track tapes! At about half the price of "factory tapes" they sold like hotcakes.

[@dr.aabamamsphd1385]

Sadly, we are missing the one thing that made drive-ins great. HUGE bench seats in the front and back of the car and windows that steamed up in 10 seconds. :)

[@DidntSay]

The Admiral Twin drive-in in Tulsa celebrates its 70th anniversary this weekend. They are showing The Outsiders all weekend, since this drive-in was featured in the 1983 movie!

[@lorettathanksjesus]

So many memories ... As a child going to the drive-in in pajamas and having our father carry us half asleep into our home after the movie. As a teenager going with best friends and sitting outside on lawn chairs. As a mother taking my child to his first drive-in! 🥰🥰🥰

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Believe it or not, we had TWO in the small town I'm from.. we thought we were in the big time with TWO drive-in theaters and TWO gas stations (still only had one blinking yellow light in the middle of town, though LOL)! My family and I would pile into that big ol Ford station wagon and off we'd go! When we got to the drive-in, my sisters and I would get out the folding chairs and sit in the next slot over from where Dad parked.. we didn't like being all cramped up in the car, trying to see around Mother and Dad's heads.

[@mikehughes4969]

I remember going to our drive in to see Disney movies when I was a kid back in the seventies. And the first thing I did when I got my drivers license was go to the drive in. The ones I went to are gone now, but it does my heart good to know they aren't completely extinct. In the immortal words of Joe Bob Briggs: "The Drive In will never die."

[@donaldblankenship8057]

I remember going to see Disney's "That Goddamn Cat."

[@user-vr6xm8lm1o]

​@@donaldblankenship8057You mean "That Darn Cat", no, I never saw it ...

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Still a drive inn here in Maryland called Bengies near Baltimore, been there a few times .

[@elgnganal3492]

Miss those days of cheap admission per vehicle & bring whatever foods in you wanna eat!!

[@michaelmullin3585]

That's what we did. My Aunt would not allow us to go to the restroom at the drive-in because it was usually nasty. Soooo.........She brought along a 5 gallon bucket, TP, a sheet, a couple of bamboo sticks, and some rope. Voila! instant clean bathroom next to the car watched over by my uncle. And we were not the only car load doing that. The bucket dumped before driving out!

[@elgnganal3492]

Word is bond Mike!! Don't forget the alcohol🍺 nothing better than boozing & cruising 😃

[@jake2213b]

I used to work at a few Drive Ins and I didn't hear this but weather also played a big reason into them closing. The ones I worked at had to close for winter and if it was raining it would block the light of the movie.

[@JimAllen-Persona]

I always thought it was also the property taxes going up as well.

[@samanthab1923]

Jim Allen I did too. The land became more valuable to developers.

[@haveanicedave1551]

we went to a drive-in and movie was cancelled because of fog.

[@JRBlood]

Ah yes, one of the best times of my life. Went to see Purple Rain with my High School sweetheart... never did see the movie ;) Man, if we only had all of those drive-ins in 2020...

[@clbtu1]

My Dad used to manage a drive in in the late 50s (41 Outdoor in Whiting, IN). I was about 6. I was a little fatty for my age. There was a playground in the front of the theater just under the screen for the kids to play before the movie started. One night, I was riding a pelican on a big metal spring. You rocked the pelican back and forth. Suddenly, the spring broke and it was me and the pelican laying on our backs looking up at the sky. Before the movie started, I went to the snack bar. People were whispering and pointing..."That's the kid that broke the pelican." It didn't scar me for life but here I am 60 years later still telling the story. I also was a big fan of Hot Toddys and Buttercup Popcorn. The Buttercup theme is on KZbin if you'd like to hear it again.

[@blacknbougie8021]

The last Drive In movie I saw was Jonh Singleton's Baby Boy. That was 20 yrs ago and I never thought it be last time I'd step foot in one.

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

I remember my mom packing the metal red & black plaid patterned ice chest (that we got with Green Stamps), putting my sister and I into our pajamas, loading us into the back of the car with pillows & blankets and going to the local drive in. I don't think we ever made it through without falling asleep in the back so mom and dad got a relatively quiet and cheap date night without having to pay for a sitter.

[@samanthab1923]

My Nan had that same cooler! Round right? Except my uncle used it for beer. My Nan lived near the beach.

[@madamesalamander16]

We take our old plaid coolers to the drive in. I love the style! They work great and are a wonderful conversation piece, just like they are in the comment section!

[@lynnmack8063]

We went to the drive- in a lot when I was growing up.

[@polycarphunter2257]

who remembers the song "sleepwalk" playing over the speakers during intermission.

[@christinewyatt246]

Drive-ins were the best to have some alone time with my high school sweetheart in the 70’s. They are some of the best times of my life. I also have very fond memories of my mom and dad taking us when we were younger. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid comes to mind and the Algiers Drive in was 3 blocks away so we used to “sneak in” through a hole in the fence. I am 61 and I think the kids today miss out on soooo much that we had when it comes to friends, family and having a good old time!

[@oldthudman]

We still have one in the Hockley (Tx) area......

[@jimmyjames6267]

I saw Mary Poppins at the Drive In laying in the back of our Station Wagon in early 70s SoCal

[@Hogger280]

I grew up in the CA bay area in the 50's and 60's - there were many many drive in's. Some of them had heaters for cool nights as well as the speakers. They also had playgrounds for us kids before the movie started.

[@ayanasdollyworld5630]

When I was 15, I could pass for 12 and get onto the drive-in for free.😄ahhh.. memories!

[@gunnarbiker]

I love seeing notifications for new vids here! They take me back to a greater time. Keep up the great work! You should start a Patreon so you can do even more with these. Someone just opened up a new drive-in theater close to us in coastal North Carolina. Haven't checked it out, yet but it's on my to-do list!

[@bparrish517]

Where, please?

[@gunnarbiker]

@@bparrish517 Near Tabor City, NC. It's at the NC/SC border out in the boonies!

[@bparrish517]

@@gunnarbiker, thank you. The last one I visited was in King, NC in 2007. I can’t find any current info on it.

[@noelbiggs6692]

Today I have 2 drive 30 minutes 2 Tampa 2 experience the joy of a movie under the stars. Thank God The Fun-Lan Drive In is still open after 71 years!

[@sharonwhite4847]

I hope lots of peeps go and support them...

[@Patriot-American]

What a great experience! I remember in the 1960's and 70's the fun of going to Drive-Ins. Just a lot of fun and now mainly a memory of better times... I'm glad I got to experience the magic and excitement of the Drive-In movies... 👍😉😊

[@randydellinger2996]

As a teenager in the 50’s we loved the drive-ins. Never saw the end of many movies. For some reason the windows were fogged up.

[@fjcruisefjcruise4527]

The first drive inn I went to was . The apple dumpling gang. Starring don knotts and Tim Conway . With may family in a 1966 Chevy impala station wagon .

[@FunkyMonk4Life]

Been waiting for this one...

[@laranaarana]

I remember watching Diamonds Are Forever in a Drive-In Theater. We used to jam-pack our station wagon with all our family members (including cousins) whenever we went there. Miss those days.

[@deganpattison2149]

Happy to say the drive ins near me are thriving and have been for a long time! Going to one tonight for the first time this year

[@LivingOnCash]

So many great memories of drive ins. First as a kid with my parents in the '60s then as a teenager in the '70s. Sneaking in beers, buddies in the trunk, making out in the back seat. I had a custom van and would park backwards in the back row and have the back doors open. I think the last movie I saw at the drive ins was Corvette Summer or maybe Up In Smoke.

[@robertwilson9999]

I always thought mall parking lots would be a good place to bring back drive ins but now all the malls are closing up.

[@sharonwhite4847]

Still could put them there, just need some small gravel bumps.

[@babasheeny3634]

@@sharonwhite4847 yes and speakers. Don’t like turning on the car or running off battery.

[@sharonwhite4847]

@@babasheeny3634 maybe use stored solar speakers, if there is a thing yet.

[@babasheeny3634]

@@sharonwhite4847 😳😅👍

[@mikebowermaster4250]

There are still bunches of drive-ins. I'm going to one tomorrow.

[@madamesalamander16]

We're incredibly lucky to still have the Mahoning Drive In in our community! We go every chance we get. They have yet to be digitized, so we get all the groovy old stuff we may have actually seen at the drive in when it was released. (Although it's likely that we didn't watch much of it the first time!) Make a night of it if you find yourself in the Poconos!

[@samanthab1923]

That's so cool! Think I saw a news story about that drive in. I'm in Bucks Co.

[@madamesalamander16]

@@samanthab1923 It's worth the trip! Make it a weekend and visit Jim Thorpe!

[@samanthab1923]

Madame Salamander Good idea! My son loves trains too! Thanks 😊

[@stillaboveground2470]

I miss the drive-in movies. Taking Joanie to the drive-in theater and making out... Those were happy days! Oh wait... That wasn't me, that was Chachi.

[@Jonathan_Taylor]

These days are OurrArrerArrerOurs..

[@cdfreester]

I remember as a kid seeing Charlotte's Web and Tom Sawyer in drive-in theaters.

[@martinpennock9430]

I remember the drive in movies. Went when I was a kid with mom and dad. Always fell asleep in the back seat. Later I saw both Planet of the Apes and Omega Man at the drive in in the 60s. Great memories. Thanks again.

[@danityvanityinsanity]

I loved the Drive-in. Great childhood memories.😃👍✨💖✨

[@TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto]

your channel makes me sad. im 53 and i recollect so much of what you cover from my childhood. when i look around i see very little of it left and it depresses me. America WAS better back then - dont let anyone tell you it wasnt. sure theres always problems but there is a reason the whole world wants to be here. and this is just one small slice of why

[@regsun7947]

My mom would usually take us to one movie a year. I remember seeing "The Poseidon Adventure" one time. Another time Disney's "Living Desert" played.

[@boboren8246]

Yeah that's all there somebody needs to buy it fix it up and put the all the Memories Back Again

[@LighthouseCape]

There was a Drive-in theater which was located in a town next to us where we lived and dad would drive the whole family there once in a while. I remember seeing "Jurassic Park" inside my family's car and was terrified that the car in the movie was useless against the T-rex! Now my dad has passed away and the theater has been torn down too. I wish I could go back to that time once more.

[@MrMac5150]

I wish we still had Drive in's

[@garytaylor4345]

Saw the first Beatles movie at the drive in “Hard Days Night”because no screaming girls like was happening in theaters

[@thomasallen3818]

My hometown had 3 driver-in theaters when I was younger. The last one closed down in the early 1980’s, it tried reopening once but didn’t last. South Texas is just too hot and humid for modern times. People have gotten too accustomed to having air conditioning.

[@julielewisizame]

That was nice to view. Thanks 😊

[@frankscarborough1428]

Loved going to the drive in. Was so much fun

[@samanthab1923]

Saw the Omen back in HS. Was so scared coming back from the ladies that I accidentally opened the wrong car door. Scared them to death!

[@photonotavailable7936]

Ha!

[@danielmorgan4899]

When we would go to the drive-in my uncle would jump in the trunk until we parked and let him out to save money

[@CinemaGatesPictures]

Drive-In Theater, This awesome I'm thinking about making me one.

[@theozank853]

We still have one in Pueblo, Colorado it's called "The Mesa Drive-In" it shows current movies and you tune to a vacant FM frequency to hear the Movie... It's really nice with the high end car stereos they are putting in newer cars.

[@dannylee1987]

Back when America 🇺🇸 was great !

[@freedomring4813]

You got that right.

[@marilynkennedy8236]

I love anything about America in the old days. I am from the UK and I have always wondered why we never had drive in movie theatres. I suppose it might have been the lack of land. Most of our cinemas are in the town centres (or at least they were). The only drive in I know about was in Dublin Ireland. That was in the early Nineties.

[@danieljohnson9351]

It's so great seeing all the beautiful vintage cars. I used to love to go to the local drive-in in the 60's and 70's. Of course now drive-ins would be infested with ugly, hideous Toyotas and the effect would be ruined!

[@34Packardphaeton]

.. "I gotta big date tonight --- anybody know where I can borrow a Nash?"

[@nomadbrad6391]

Born in 1963...earliest memory at the drive-in was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang spring of 1969. Mom and dad up front, and sister and I sprawled out on a mattress in the back of a 1968 Buick Special Station Wagon peaking in between my parents heads.

[@spokanetomcat1]

The last drive-in movie we saw before my parents divorced was at the San-Val in Southern California, Dracula has risen from his grave. With Winnie the Pooh and the honey tree was the opening kid's program with Woody Wood Pecker. Never played on any of the playgrounds at any therater.