75 Years of Drive-ins

The advent of television, not to mention VCR's, plus the rising cost of real estate forced many theaters to close in the sixties and seventies.
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Bygone Days
The advent of television plus the rising cost of real estate forced many theaters to close in the sixties and seventies.

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