In getting ready to celebrate the Walter Reade Theater’s 25th anniversary, we stumbled across some old Hi8 tapes of the theater’s construction from 1990-1991. Shot by our late chief projectionist Don Schul and starring former Film Society programmer (and amateur comedian) Marian Masone, the tapes offer a time capsule of the birth of the theater. We hope you enjoy this highlight reel of some of the best moments from more than three hours of footage, edited by Lewie Kloster.

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