Last Reel at the Royalty

Two hours of extras and the main documentary

Now you can watch a higher quality copy of the full 27-minute documentary online. Plus more than two hours of extras -- most of which are made available here for the first time in almost 40 years.

What's inside?

See the index page.

— Unused video material recorded at the Royalty and out-takes: from interviews, scenes around the cinema, a residents' meeting and many unused exterior shots.

— Three Super 8 movie films of the demolition (approximately 10 mins).

— A video slide show of photographs of Newcastle cinemas in 1980 and 1981. Most pictures never published before. The Pavilion, Tatler, ABC, Odeon...

— Other video clips of Gosforth in 1980 and 1981: street scenes, charity shops, the Metro, the A1, schools, 80s buses and cars. And video of the day before Robinson's pet shop on the High Street closed its doors.

— The main documentary and video extras are presented at 640x480 resolution at 50 frames per second which retains the "video look" of the original VHS footage. The documentary features:

 

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