Cinebox: Memories of a coin-operated cinema jukebox
Cinebox: Memories of a coin-operated cinema jukebox
It was the latest in cinematic technology - a coin operated film projector jukebox.
The Cinebox looked like a jukebox with a 19 inch screen television set perched on top
And in the early 1960s it was finding homes in coffee lounges across West Yorkshire.
The machine works on much the same principle as a jukebox. But it costs a shilling a time to see and hear the singer or band.
The films, in colour, each last about four minutes and feature many internationally known singers and bands.
The basement of Venezia Coffee Lounge in Bradford was a venue where you could one can spend lunch time "at the cinema." Customers could meet over a coffee to watch the city's first Cinebox.
The "mini-cine" was designed in pastel shades and modern furnishings, and the atmosphere was Italian.
The Cinebox in the Venezia Lounge provided a selection of 40 films.
Kenneth Miles, a partner in the coffee lounge told your Yorkshire Evening Post the machines were Italian made.
"We had this machine installed a week ago, and find our customers extremely interested," he said.
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