With the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945, North Americans faced the frightening possibility of a nuclear disaster. Lethbridge was not considered a direct target area, but the city prepared for nuclear fallout
Read MoreIn 1950, a Calgary-based company opened the Green Acres Drive-In in Lethbridge on the corner of Mayor Magrath Drive South and Scenic Drive South, and two years later A. W. Shackleford and associates took over operation. The theatre had a 60-square-foot screen and a capacity of about 400 cars, later expanded to 575.
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