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Maxim Hotel and Casino B-roll: video
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Archival Collection
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B-Roll footage of interiors, a band playing music, and actors portaying customers in the Maxim Hotel and Casino. 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.
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Excalibur Hotel and Casino construction: video
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Archival Collection
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Video with narration about the construction of the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. Marnell Corrao Associates was the general contractor. Original description: "Build America 13 min Master, Excalibur construction, Music & vlo added 1/21/91.". Original media 1 Inch SMPTE Type C, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Barry Ashton's "This is Burlesque" television advertisements: video
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Archival Collection
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Television commercials featuring Daphne Davis for Barry Ashton's "This is Burlesque" show at the Aladdin Hotel. Original media 2 Inch Quad, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Arizona Charlie's television advertisements and Showboat Hotel and Casino aerial B-roll: video
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Archival Collection
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Arizona Charlie's television commercials and footage of Showboat Hotel and Casino from a helicopter. Original media 1 Inch SMPTE Type C, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Riviera and Las Vegas Strip B-roll, 1960s: video
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Archival Collection
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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.
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HSST pitch for Las Vegas: video
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Archival Collection
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Video begins by discussing traffic congestion and growth in Las Vegas and on the Strip, then proposes HSST as a solution. The video describes and HSST (High Speed Surface Transport), a magnetic levitation public transportation system, and discusses why and how it could be adopted in Las Vegas. 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.
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Silver Slipper television advertisements: video
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Archival Collection
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Television commercials for the Silver Slipper hotel and casino featuring Robin Timm, Boy-Lesque, Branded, and the Great Buffet. "My Slipper, my Vegas" is the tagline. 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.
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"One of a Kind" television advertisement: video
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Archival Collection
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Television commercial for the show "One of a Kind" at the Desert Inn. 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.
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MGM Grand Hotel and Casino B-roll: video
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Archival Collection
Description
Cesar Chavez speaking at a strike picket line. Footage of damage in the bottom of an empty swimming pool. Behind the scenes and onstage footage of a show, probably Jubilee!. B-roll of people getting out of taxis and cars and entering the MGM Grand. Footage of police arresting people outside the MGM Grand, while others chant what sounds like, "NRA, no way." Interviews with people outside the MGM Grand about their reactions to the Jubilee! show. 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.
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Castaways "Closing Celebration" television advertisement: video
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Archival Collection
Description
Television commercial for Castaways hotel and casino "Closing Celebration.". Original media 2 Inch Quad, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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