Telecinema

The Telecinema was a small cinema built especially for the Festival of Britain's London South Bank Exhibition in the summer of 1951.

[1] When the Festival of Britain ended, the press and public called for its retention,[1] and, following discussion with the London County Council and the film industry, "the building was formally handed over to the BFI for use as a members-only repertory cinema club.

[1] He created a grey, oblong building, constructed from light steel and soundproofed, in what Today's Cinema magazine at the time called, "a fly-away linear design [with a] gay façade and bold modern stare".

Although the Festival literature and British Film Institute (BFI) press releases called it the "Telecinema", the name on the outside of the building was Telekinema.

[2] It created a heightened sense of realism by special effects that involved the audience more closely in what was shown.