The "Opening of the First Drive-In Movie Theater" was celebrated on Google's Doodle today.

Google unveiled an animated "video-doodle" that features a typical scene at a drive-in movie theater with cars parked under the dark sky, horror flicks playing on a big screen and vendors selling popcorn.

For the record, the first drive-in movie theater opened June 6 in 1933 in Pennsauken, New Jersey with a screen measuring 40 x 50 ft.

It was the creation of Richard M. Hollingshead Jr., a chemical company magnate whose family operated a chemical plant in Camden, New Jersey.

The popularity of the drive-in theater expanded and reached its peak in the late 1950's and early 1960s.

However, the decline of the industry came after a series of struggles including, the real estate market, exposure to weather conditions and the advent of color televisions, VCRs and video rentals, among other things.

Although gone are the days of drive-in movie theaters about 336 of them are operating today, according to data from Drive-Ins.com.

And there are people who still visit them at least once a year.

"Great Google doodle today, celebrating 79 yrs of drive-in movie theaters. They still exist! I visit the Warwich Drive In at least once a year," one Twitter user wrote.

Admissions tend to be cheaper than traditional movie theaters.

At the Big Sky Drive in Theater in Wisconsin, for example, admissions for adults are $8 and $5 for children.

Other Twitter users were nostalgic and dreaming about watching their flicks under an open jewelled sky.

"If drive in theaters were still around that'd be the coolest," one user tweeted.

"Why does everywhere have drive-in movie theaters besides LI?" another user wrote.

Watch the video Below:

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