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"Las Vegas: the American Way to Play" promotional video for Las Vegas

Information

Creator

Creator (cre): The Production Company

Date

1988

Description

Voiceover explains the varied and many amenities of visiting Las Vegas; including the new McCarran International Airport, clips of entertainment and nightlife, gambling, dining options, outdoor activities, local shopping malls (Meadows, Boulevard, Fashion Show); Wet 'n Wild water park; sports including boxing, golf, tennis, Thomas & Mack event opportunities, Laughlin, Nev.; the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman field center; discusses the monorail system under construction, and how Las Vegas is the premier convention and resort town. 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_066

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1h993z95
Details

Subject

Tourism -- Marketing
Las Vegas Convention/Visitors Authority

Time Period

1980s (1980 - 1989)

Place

Las Vegas

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

"Las Vegas: the American Way to Play" promotional video for Las Vegas: video, 1988

Archival Collection

The Production Company Audiovisual Collection

Citation

MS_00930_066. 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/d1h993z95

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

0:08:00

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4