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5/21/1938-Los Angeles, CA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Motoring and motion pictures achieve a happy wedding in the Drive-In Theater of Los Angeles. The theater is a parking lot with graduated tiers from which motorists, seated in their own cars, watch the films projected on a giant screen. Synchronized amplifiers in front of each automobile make speech audible in all parts of the lot. Here's a view of the entrance to the theater with customers about to drive in.

5/21/1938-Los Angeles, CA-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Motoring and motion pictures achieve a happy wedding in the Drive-In Theater of Los Angeles. The theater is a parking lot with graduated tiers from which motorists, seated in their own cars, watch the films projected on a giant screen. Synchronized amplifiers in front of each automobile make speech audible in all parts of the lot. Here's a view of the entrance to the theater with customers about to drive in.