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Room fire on the 27th floor of the Stardust Hotel: video

Information

Creator

Creator (cre): Stardust Resort and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Date

2003-11-04

Description

Local news segments discussing an overnight fire at the Stardust Hotel and Casino caused by a battery fire on the 27th floor. Video segments show firefighters responding to the call and news anchors reporting from outside the hotel and interview clips with one of the hotel guests who experienced the evacuation. Many news anchors emphasize the hotel's fire alarms, security safeguards, and sprinkler system working well and how a bigger crisis was averted. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Digital ID

MS_00515_125

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1377bn0h
Details

Contributor

Contributor (ctb): KTNV-TV (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)
Contributor (ctb): KVVU Channel 5 (Television station : Henderson, Nev.)

Time Period

2000s (2000 - 2009)

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

Room fire on the 27th floor of the Stardust Hotel: video, 1991 June 20

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records

Citation

MS_00515_125. Stardust Resort and Casino Records, 1950-2006. MS-00515. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1377bn0h

Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor of the collection, Jim Seagrave, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) to UNLV. However, the material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals are not available for viewing because of fragility or obsolescence

Extent

0:18:55

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4