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Stardust Hotel spinning marquee likely struck by lightning and burned down: video

Information

Creator

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

Date

2014-08-13

Description

Local news segments discussing how overnight a fire destroyed the small Stardust Casino marquee, and lightning was likely the cause but unconfirmed. All segments are discussing the fact that it is monsoon season, raining, and lightning is likely. 16 cuts of the same story showing very similar footage of a burned sign and workers beignning to repair it. 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_124

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17082f54
Details

Contributor

Contributor (ctb): KVBC Channel 3 (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)
Contributor (ctb): KLAS-TV (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)
Contributor (ctb): KTNV-TV (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)
Contributor (ctb): KVVU Channel 5 (Television station : Henderson, Nev.)

Time Period

2010s (2010 - 2019)

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

Stardust Hotel spinning marquee likely struck by lightning and burned down: video, 1997

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records

Citation

MS_00515_124. 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/d17082f54

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

0:13:50

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4