What is this?

[Dare]

American's don't answer.Especially Cos and Lonny

[romephius]

A pair of speakers for a drive in movie theatre.

[Dare]

A pair of speakers for a drive in movie theatre.

That's right Rom.Does Australia have drive-in?As land
became more valuable they have all but disappeared here.

I wonders if anyone here wondered what they are?

[lkjohnson1950]

I attended my first Drive in movie in '54 or '55 at the Pioneer Drive In in Tempe. Disney Film, maybe "Lady and the Tramp". There were 8 or 10 in Tucson when we moved here in '73 but there is only 1 left and it's scheduled to close. The last time I went, there weren't any speakers, you tuned your car stereo to a certain channel and listened that way. Way different experience. Ah, the good old days, by cracky! 

[Dare]

I attended my first Drive in movie in '54 or '55 at the Pioneer Drive In in Tempe. Disney Film, maybe "Lady and the Tramp". There were 8 or 10 in Tucson when we moved here in '73 but there is only 1 left and it's scheduled to close. The last time I went, there weren't any speakers, you tuned your car stereo to a certain channel and listened that way. Way different experience. Ah, the good old days, by cracky! 

At one time every part of town had a drive-in.The last one closed
2 years ago.I could still drive 30 miles to one in Georgetown,Indiana.
I just might do that for old times sake.

I remember going when I was a little kid going and when a scene would
come up I wasn't supposed to see I had to put my head down.Some movies
I felt like a jack in the box.

[Canada Darrell™]

When I was little, around age 5 to 11, we lived in a trailer park/drive in theatre! The trailers were in a "U" pattern with the screen at one end and the concession/projection hut at the other. I had the bedroom at the front and if I peeked (which I always did) out the window at night I could see the movie. No sound, but as a young lad I didn't really care. It may be why I like to watch movies so much. It may also be why I like boobies so much too but that's another story!

[David]

I new that one instantly too Dare. 

[cosworth151]

We still have one here in Lancaster. The Skyview is still going strong. I go there at least once every summer, usually more.

http://www.skyviewdrivein.com/

We used to have a second one, The City, later renamed The Plaza. It was a couple of blocks from my office and closed in the 80's.

When I was a kid, every town around here had at least one. Now there is just the Skyview.

[John S]

I recognised it straight away too Dare, even though I've never seen them in real life.

The only drive-in cinema show I've ever been to, about 10 years ago, had a mobile screen and projector set up in a Cambridge car park. It was there for a week only, showing 'Close Encounters of the 3rd kind', they used a dedicated radio frequency for sound through the car radios.

[Scott]

We used to go regularly, but they gradually shut them down in my home town of Ottawa.  One amusing story was when a friend of mine and I spliced into the speaker cable and pushed some rock music over the movie soundtrack from a portable stereo.  By the sound of the honking we got about a 5 car radius, and fellow forum member Philbe telling us to Knock it off from the next car...lol

[aazz]

We have a drive in about 20 minutes from where I live. I've been there once to see the first Harry Potter movie (I think it was the first, not really sure). They seem to have all of the good movies a week or so after the picture theartres get them and it's very popular year round. I'm just not a movie person though. I haven't been to a picture theartre since the Blair Witch Project.