News segment with TV anchor Pete Ferryman on the "Extreme Beam" at the Stardust Hotel/Casino. Heralded as the largest searchlight in the world for the New Years Countdown 2000 in Las Vegas; and for a marketing element for the Wayne Newton Show at the Stardust. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). On the left is Fedora Bontempi Simpkin, Georgia Mae Thompson, and Nevada Lt. Governor Bob Rose.