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Riviera and Las Vegas Strip B-roll, 1960s: video

Information

Creator

Creator (cre): The Production Company

Date

1963 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)

Description

Silent B-roll of Gene Fullmer's boxing training quarters in the Riviera convention hall; Betty Grable arriving to Las Vegas to star in Hello Dolly at the Riviera; a dance performance in the Congo Room; various casinos on the Strip; a giant Happy Birthday Liberace cake from the Hotel Sahara; a wedding; a Riviera boat on Lake Mead; and President John F. Kennedy's visit to Las Vegas; Original description: "Las Vegas Historical Riviera #2 b-roll.". Original media U-matic, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Digital ID

MS_00930_123

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17945c33
Details

Subject

Riviera Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas Strip, Nev.)
Boxing
Grable, Betty, 1916-1973
Dance
Casinos
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

Time Period

1960s (1960 - 1969)

Place

Las Vegas Strip
Lake Mead

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

Riviera and Las Vegas Strip B-roll, 1960s: video, approximately 1963 to 1969

Archival Collection

The Production Company Audiovisual Collection

Citation

MS_00930_123. The Production Company Audiovisual Collection, approximately 1965-1995. MS-00930. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17945c33

Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The estate of Thomas "Bob" Patrick transferred all right, title and interest they had in The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) 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 reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) 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

0:37:18

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4