Crazy UNDERGROUND CINEMA that time forgot!

The Scala Superama Cinema was built as a replacement for the old 1914 Scala Theatre which had been closed in 1960. Contained in a new office block named Scala House, the cinema was a project of Compton Films Ltd. who distributed sex orientated foreign films and operated sex cinemas and cinema clubs in London. The Scala Superama was designed as a ‘Roadshow’ house, together with the new Superama Cinema in Derby.

The Birmingham Scala Superama Cinema opened on 23rd November 1964 with a double (X) certificate programme: Christopher Guard in “Lord of the Rings” & Kenneth Moore in “The Comedy Man”. All seating was in a stadium style on a single stepped floor and it was equipped for 35mm and 70mm presentations. It was taken over by the Rank Organisation from 22nd February 1970 and re-named Odeon Ringway (due to its location close to Smallbrook Ringway).

It was re-named Odeon Queensway in June 1972 and re-furbished in 1983. It was at this time that the Cinecenta twin cinema next door was taken over by the Rank organisation and was incorporated into the Odeon Queensway.

The cinemas closed on 18th September 1988 and have remained empty and unused ever since.

Text from: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/22098



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Also present on this explore were
Exploring with Fighters - https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringwithFighters/videos
Beface Computing - https://www.youtube.com/c/BefaceComputinglifts
The Flex Tapes



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Sony A7s ii with Samyang 14mm full frame lens
Dji Pocket 2 camera
Insta 360x R
BOBLOV 32GB Ambarella A7L50 Bodyworn Infra Red Camera
Adobe Premiere Pro 2020
Ryzen 5950X
65GB Ram
Windows 10 (No Apple shiz here)
Nvidia RTX 3950 GFX

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