diff --git a/packages/tools/src/utilities/cine/playClip.ts b/packages/tools/src/utilities/cine/playClip.ts
index 6ce5f9087a..a7ac76e164 100644
--- a/packages/tools/src/utilities/cine/playClip.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/src/utilities/cine/playClip.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   StackViewport,
   VolumeViewport,
   cache,
+  BaseVolumeViewport,
 } from '@cornerstonejs/core';
 
 import { Types } from '@cornerstonejs/core';
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ function _getVolumeFromViewport(viewport): Types.IImageVolume {
   const actorEntry = viewport.getDefaultActor();
 
   if (!actorEntry) {
-    console.warn('No actor found');
+    // This can happen during setup/teardown of viewports.
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/tools/src/utilities/planar/filterAnnotationsWithinSlice.ts b/packages/tools/src/utilities/planar/filterAnnotationsWithinSlice.ts
index c2ab393eae..b99d8d97e7 100644
--- a/packages/tools/src/utilities/planar/filterAnnotationsWithinSlice.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/src/utilities/planar/filterAnnotationsWithinSlice.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { vec3 } from 'gl-matrix';
-import { CONSTANTS } from '@cornerstonejs/core';
+import { CONSTANTS, metaData } from '@cornerstonejs/core';
 import type { Types } from '@cornerstonejs/core';
 import { Annotations, Annotation } from '../../types';
+import { debug } from 'console';
 
 const { EPSILON } = CONSTANTS;
 
@@ -33,8 +34,33 @@ export default function filterAnnotationsWithinSlice(
   // logic down below.
   const annotationsWithParallelNormals = annotations.filter(
     (td: Annotation) => {
-      const annotationViewPlaneNormal = td.metadata.viewPlaneNormal;
-
+      let annotationViewPlaneNormal = td.metadata.viewPlaneNormal;
+
+      if (!annotationViewPlaneNormal) {
+        // This code is run to set the annotation view plane normal
+        // for historical data which was saved without the normal.
+        const { referencedImageId } = td.metadata;
+        const { imageOrientationPatient } = metaData.get(
+          'imagePlaneModule',
+          referencedImageId
+        );
+        const rowCosineVec = vec3.fromValues(
+          imageOrientationPatient[0],
+          imageOrientationPatient[1],
+          imageOrientationPatient[2]
+        );
+
+        const colCosineVec = vec3.fromValues(
+          imageOrientationPatient[3],
+          imageOrientationPatient[4],
+          imageOrientationPatient[5]
+        );
+
+        annotationViewPlaneNormal = vec3.create() as Types.Point3;
+
+        vec3.cross(annotationViewPlaneNormal, rowCosineVec, colCosineVec);
+        td.metadata.viewPlaneNormal = annotationViewPlaneNormal;
+      }
       const isParallel =
         Math.abs(vec3.dot(viewPlaneNormal, annotationViewPlaneNormal)) >
         PARALLEL_THRESHOLD;