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3rd row POV, exactly how I saw E.T. for the first time.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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A few earlybirds waiting for E.T. to land.  Not sure if it was a sell-out, but by intermission this place was packed.  2nd feature was 1941.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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POV on Indian Head Highway as you head toward the Capital Beltway (I-95).

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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Indian Head Hwy East.  POV as you approach theater from Capital Beltway (I-95).  This is what you would see if you were headed to the Super Chief drive-in, just a couple of miles up the road.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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Contined approach from the east.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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As a kid, always a depressing view for me.  Your POV as you'd exit.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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Snack bar.  The place to go to satisfy that Flavos Shrimp Roll craving!

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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Theater was closed by this time, having ceased operation just the previous fall ('86).  I took this shot in April '87.  When I returned the following April, the entire place had been cleared away.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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Another POV as you'd exit.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

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Marquee/box office.  Sorry for the washed-out look.  Those cheesey 80s disc cameras.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

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Yours truly, at age 19.  Snack bar interior.  Photo by David Thornhill.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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ABC screen interior.  The shot I worked hardest to get and am most proud of.  Notice old outdoor seats.  I never even knew they existed.  Small opening at screen's bottom, amidst chairs, is where I bellycrawled in to get this shot.  Took photo while bala

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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Screen rear.  Neon letters glowed a sharp red at night.

Credit: Alan Beauvais

Added: 1/10/2002

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topographical map showing the location fo the drive-in

Credit: Marcus

Added: 3/6/2003

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aerial view a footprint left in time

Credit: Brian Grunst

Added: 6/27/2008

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Credit: R Studer

Added: 10/7/2011

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