Section 2. News report. Drive-in theatres in trouble.
In the summer of 1933, the world's first drive-in movie theatre opened in Camden, New Jersey. Drive-ins became popular after World War Ⅱ and in the 50's there were nearly 5,000 theatres across the country. But today, less than 3,000 remained.

Drive-ins are in trouble. Land values near cities are increasing and drive-ins are being torn down to make way for malls.

And families are more likely to stay home for an evening of cheap entertainment with their VCRs and cable TV.

When one more drive-in closed recently outside Jeffersonvile, Indiana, reporter Bob Hanson was there, the last night at the Lakewood Drive-in.

The sun set as the last cars entered the Lakewood Drive-in. At the ticket booth Laura Boyle filled in for her daughter who's away at college. No money changed hands. The show was on the house.

30 years ago, John Valley opened the Lakewood Drive-in on his father's farmland in southern Indiana. Cord field still surround the theatre.

Since 1956 people have driven for miles to get to the drive-in. They came in Studebakers, and Fords, Ramblars and Corvats.

But the 80s haven't been so kind to the drive-in. And on this night, John Valley is closing up.