Aerial timelapse footage of a temporary tent being constructed in the Stardust parking lot. A crane lifts rooftop pieces in place while workers connect the tent structure from below. During the timelapse it rains, which obscures some of the video as drops apepar on the lens. The roof covering is added to the metal structure the following day. Smaller tents, off the side, are the last thing built. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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The Hoover Dam and Colorado River photographs depict the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River from 1925 to 1960. The photographs primarily depict the Hoover Dam following its completion in 1935, but also show the dam'’s construction and location in Black Canyon on the Colorado River. The photographs also depict Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, as well as Boulder Canyon. The items described include black-and-white photographic prints, postcards, and negatives; items listed are photographic prints unless otherwise specified.
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The Yucca Mountain, Nevada Draft Environmental Impact Statement series (1962-1999) contains the documents listed in chapters 1-11, appendices A, C, E-L of the following report:
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Draft environmental impact statement for a geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, July 1999.
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Highlights the following hotels and experiences opening, beginning planning, or implosion: Hard Rock hotel; monorail between Bally's and MGM; Texas Station; Fremont Street Experience; Bellagio, New York-New York; Monte Carlo; Paris Las Vegas; Stratosphere; Landmark implosion. Second half covers unions, Bob Stupak, Huntridge Theater; large fires; tragic evets; Landmark implosion; Fremont Street Experience. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
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