In the past, the Olympia was an open air cinema and roller skating rink, but in the now it had a frontage the same dimensions as a cinema screen.
I was told a story - during the war years, American Airforce pilots based in Charters Towers
would flash the screen on a flyover while a movie was screening on return from patrol, which inspired a short animation piece of planes flying over.
The video also collated ads from the local paper relating to movies screened at the Olympia, and the feeling of those years.
The projector was based on the verandah of the CourtHouse Hotel.
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