The White House Family Theater, the movie theater which first came to be in 1942 when a cloakroom was converted into a screening room, was demolished this week as part of the destruction of the East Wing to make room for President Donald Trump’s planned $300 million ballroom.

For over 80 years, the White House movie theatre served as a private retreat where presidents enjoyed films ranging from High Noon to Star Wars. But newly released photos reveal that President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom project has led to the demolition of the entire East Wing - including the historic theater first built in 1942 under Franklin D Roosevelt.

Former President Bill Clinton requested a private screening of the 1996 sci-fi hit Independence Day at the White House—and fled the screening room after the film’s most iconic scene. Director Roland Emmerich recalled the bizarre moment in an oral history of the film recorded by The Hollywood Reporter for its 25th anniversary and re-shared as the real-life White House is under attack from bulldozers ordered up by President Donald Trump.

Row House-Hollywood first opened in 1926 as the Hollywood Theater, a neighborhood movie house on Dormont’s Potomac Avenue. Two years after its purchase by Lawrenceville-based Row House Cinemas, and following an extensive renovation, it plans a sold-out grand re-opening Nov. 6 to mark a new era screening both new and older films.

The Sebastiani Theatre has transformed into a Performing Arts and Film Center. The head of the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation says the venue can no longer survive on movies alone.