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Excalibur Hotel and Casino groundbreaking signage, ceremony, 3D model of the hotel/casino: video

Information

Creator

Creator (cre): The Production Company

Date

1989

Description

B-roll footage related to the grounbreaking for the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. Video begins with shots of billboards and signs with renderings of the hotel; a groundbreaking stage is set with cake modeled after the hotel; a scaled model is shown in detail, people can be seen observing it under a blue-and-white striped tent. Campagne is poured into commemorative "Excalibur groundbreaking" glasses (no audio through this point). Second segment briefly has audio, opens with people in costumes for the ceremony (audio cuts back out). The cake is cut with a giant sword, people can be seen mingling and talking under the tent next to the Excalibur model and cake. . Original media U-matic S, 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_058

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dj5f265
Details

Subject

Excalibur Hotel and Casino
Rites and ceremonies

Time Period

1980s (1980 - 1989)

Place

Las Vegas Strip

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

Excalibur Hotel and Casino groundbreaking signage, ceremony, 3D model of the hotel/casino: video, 1989

Archival Collection

The Production Company Audiovisual Collection

Citation

MS_00930_058. 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/d1dj5f265

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

0:10:52

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4