Going to the cinema in the past was more than just watching a movie

By Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
November 28 2020 - 2:30pm
AT THE MOVIES: 1940s, Hoyts Theatre in Olive Street on the site occupied in 2020 by Chemist Warehouse.
AT THE MOVIES: 1940s, Hoyts Theatre in Olive Street on the site occupied in 2020 by Chemist Warehouse.

Before television arrived in Albury, going to a movie theatre was quite a different experience from what it is today. In the 1960s, the session would start with everyone standing for the national anthem (back then it was 'God Save the Queen'). A Movietone newsreel featuring current national and international events was followed by one or two cartoons.

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