I lived and worked in Vegas the 60's. What an incredible town. It was fascinating because it's a night time city. You get invited to parties after 1:am. That's when most people living there are just getting off their jobs. Almost everyone works in a casinos or restaurants from 5:pm to 1:am. I saw more movie stars in person than I could've ever dreamed of.
love the way the Resorts were back off of the strip a little bit, with plenty of palm trees and such. Much more 'inviting' than what the strip looks like today.
Exactly why I've always loved the mirage, I didn't start going to Vegas until mid 90s The mirage was the first place I ever stayed in Vegas. The front entrance hiding behind the volcano and the whole water features around the whole entrance... I still like going to Vegas now and then but not like I used to it's not the same.
We just drove north along the strip tonight and your right. The linq abd the fontanbleu with just big walls right up to the street is just ugly and the convention center parking right on the strip is horrible.
@@supersexycardboard682 They don't make as much money from gaming (as a percentage) so they nickel and dime on other things, and by that I mean $50s and $100s
@@fenian123 They dont make as much money on gaming because they no longer incentivize people to game. They killed the themes, buffets, and free shows like the T.I. and Rio show. They just put up corporate looking buildings, fill them with slots, a few shops and nightclubs, and are then surprised when gambling revenue is so low. They just dont make the casinos worth visiting anymore.
The food was good and the hookers were clean because you knew who your friends were if ya know what I mean like money from a tree is always green even though we make it from a machine, but here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
The first time I went there was 1984. My brother and me did a western US tour in my dads 78 olds. We stayed at the imperial 300 motel on the strip. I lost $20 bucks in the circus circus on a slot machine. That was all the money I had. Later that day, a monsoon moved through and cars were floating down the street. We left the next day and I didn’t return for about ten years.
I arrived in Vegas in 1988,89. Even then it was great. This is what I remember when my parents drove from californiacation to the strip. Wow, thank you for putting this up.
You're welcome, Felix. I agree; I never get tired of looking at this stuff. I'll soon be posting even more vintage footage of Las Vegas. Stay tuned . . .
Wow cool and crisp film footage and more ta come is cool, here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Thank you for this footage it brings back memories of the original land marks, classic vintage Vegas before any implosions and newly renovated hotels this is a great film capturing the original glamour and beauty of this city during the simple and less complicated times. I love this time in Vegas less traffic good times, good people. Wish it was stayed this way the city has changed we have watched it change for 30 years.
You're welcome. If you watch my 'Harrahs Investors Video' you'll see plenty of other shots I took around Las Vegas from that time period, including some archival footage from earlier days. Enjoy!
Amazing footage.. Ty for posting.. My first year there was in 1980 and alot of what is here brought back good memories of the old Vegas when it was more fun and exciting.. Look at all that open space.. No open space now.. Great job..
Thank you. And yes, I agree with you about The Strip. It stresses me out, now. I only go there if I have a job to do in a hotel, or, like you said, if family or friends are visiting, which is rare.
Saw casino de Paris at the Dunes, won some money at the Aladdin, saw Shirley McLain at Cesar's with Joan Rivers as the opening act. It was 1977. That's the Vegas I liked best. Great video.
We stayed at the Tropagala....saw Johnny Fontane croon some old love songs, tried to get some drinks playing blackjack but some guy named Freddie was busy with 2 of the cocktail waitresses...Owner Moe Greene comped us our night's stay...helluva guy.
Thank you for this excellent video. It's so depressing to see what the banks have done to Las Vegas. They have erased the technically unsurpassed engineering of the glittering signs that used to grace the strip and replaced it with big screen garbage. They even took down the old Treasure Island pirate that was awesome and replaced it with the extremely stupid TI sign. If someone ever gets the idea to bring back the old Vegas, with all the great signs, it will blow the competition out of the water. People would flood the strip to see the splendor that used to be the legendary Las Vegas.
Completely agree!! The new properties, while luxurious, lack the personality of old Vegas with its glamorous neon and themes. For example, the SLS which replaced the Sahara, is lifeless and boring.
tcfunvids exactly now it looks like Hollywood Blvd. I would LOVE to bring back ALL of the old casinos. Stardust, Riviera, Sands, etc and bring back the Vegas feeling
I lived in Vegas on three separate occasions in my life. I am always looking at videos on UA-cam of vegas. And frankly, most of it is crap. You have shot and collected the best video in one reel I have ever seen. Just wonderful and thank you for not putting in any God Damn Elvis music.
Yes, I believe you're right about the track name. I used software called SmartSound which could slice up the tracks and arrange them as necessary to match the duration of the video. Unfortunately, the version of SmartSound that I owned would not work on a Windows 10 64-bit OS and I never upgraded. These days I prefer to do original scores, mostly because the Music Bakery tracks have been overused and have become to recognizable.
@@bejarano1960 Yes they did allot of stuff with smart sound and sound forge. I have an old xp computer over in the corner all covered in dust that I use exclusively when I need to make a custom length track from that library. I still use their stuff because back in the day I spent so much buying it.
I grew up in one of those places. My father was one of the owners. I worked in three others over the years. Two of the three are gone now. As is the one dad was an owner of. Bygone days. Better days.
I had the privilege of going to circus circus in 1988 and to the original wet and wild water park and the sights and sounds and smells gave me feelings of pleasurable joy I totally wet my pants, but here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this professional presentation. We are left with the question: what was wrong with the "old?" The DI was good enough for Howard Hughes and the Flamingo for Ben Siegel. What a star-studded string of marquees. Even I had forgotten some of the earliest hotel-casinos. We have been visiting L.V, starting in 1965.
The same thing that happened to the historic buildings are happening to the new buildings so the older more beautiful Vegas is coming back soon, here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Ya it's like great symphony music from great orchestras in a real movie about Vegas, here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
After scouring UA-cam for old Las Vegas, I notice there is almost no footage that was taken inside the old casinos. Is that because photography was prohibited? I would have loved to see some of the old mechanical slot machines.
There was nothing illegal about filming in casinos. The casinos prohibited filming to protect the privacy of their clients and customers. When you do see footage shot in a casino, especially if the people are gambling, you can almost be certain that it was staged for the camera. I've filmed a lot of people playing the old slot machines but they are all actors and models.
Unlike today's smartphone camera. Old video cameras were not very portable so it would be unusual to walk around with one unless you're a newscaster. Most of these outdoor videos were shot from a moving vehicle or helicopter. The old news vans had the cameras mounted in top. Handheld cameras of those days could never have this high quality that a vehicle mounted camera has.
Yes, that was before they had a parking area just for the sign. I guess too many people were getting killed as they ran across the highway after parking over at the Klondike.
I worked construction in 96 there, I could see the boom and bust,the dam tours where closed, the older casino's where getting rub out. I always wonder when calif. Would quit comming,no water no extra money lets hope for the best,i also was there breifly on a vaction at 12 and saw the vision when there was water.
I'm reasonably certain that it is part of the Music Bakery library, looped to the correct running time with Smart Sound software. I would have credited the music but since I didn't originally plan to post this online, I never made note of the track name.
He did starting fire MGM grand 1980... to ballys Closed by Dunes to bellagio Sands to venetian Hacienda to malanday bay Desert inn to Wynn Landmark to parking Riviera to the smurfs Aladdin to planet hollywood el rancho to ??? boardwalk to Aria frontier to parking stardust to resort world Presents day hotel by the mirange treasure island westgate Luxor The linq Caesars palace Circus Circus flamingo MGM grand Ballys New york New york tropicana Aria Venetian Bellagio malanday bay wynn planet hollywood resort world new hotels 2010 by Lucky dragon
The oldest footage is from the Las Vegas News Bureau. It's not generally considered totality free. The production company I used to work for had to pay a fee for duplication. The footage from the 90s was shot by me, including the aerials. A lot of it is footage that I never ended up using for the project that I shot it for. I don't have any objection to it being used. By having posted it to UA-cam it has become part of the public domain, whether I like it or not. So yes, it's royalty free but a screen credit is always nice.
Yes, as is the Tropicana, and Caesar's Palace. The original buildings of the Sahara still exist but it's now called the SLS. For some reason, they think that a hotel/casino must be named with initials in order to draw the younger crowd. We have the "D", the "M", the "SLS", and a few other stupid names. Personally, I'd rather stay at a place called the Treasure Island than the T.I.
Caesars really isn’t part of the "old" Vegas, but maybe the beginning of the new, as it opened in 1966. The Trop and Flamingo are still around, but what we have of them now are high-rise tower expansions built in the 1970's, with any trace of the original properties long since bulldozed into oblivion.
Haha, maybe so. Many people, especially longtime residents, or people who have lived here since the 60s or 70s, would probably disagree with your opinion. If you are a resident who has lived here that long you are obviously an exception. I've lived here since 1975 and although there's much that I like about the "new" Las Vegas, I prefer the smaller version of the past. Better is a relative term, though.
I beg to differ. I've been visiting Las Vegas for over 30 years, and it has progressively gotten more shallow and sterile. I still go there, but it's NOT the same. Guess I'm looking for that old Vegas feel...but it's gone.
Well, it's gotten 20 times more expensive. I know those huge mega resorts don't pay for themselves but I feel as if they have priced quite a few people out of the market, especially on the strip.
@@arlinecarreyn2027 Well, they are going for the luxury market of wealthy people who can afford to stay at one of those mega resorts. Just a weekend could cost upwards of $1500 just for the room, not to mention all the other amenities and fees which might take another $500-$1000. And if you go to Vegas you want to gamble and so even a light gambler will spend another $500-$1000, plus food and everything else. When it's all said and done you can expect to spend a minimum of $5000 just for a weekend. That new Resort World Hotel that they just built will be even more. This prices many people out of the market and most of the rooms are left empty most of the time.
It had some character back in the day. When I see a photo of the Desert inn . I can’t help thinking of Robert Urich as Dan Tanna in the show Vegas
I lived and worked in Vegas the 60's. What an incredible town. It was fascinating because it's a night time city.
You get invited to parties after 1:am. That's when most people living there are just getting off their jobs.
Almost everyone works in a casinos or restaurants from 5:pm to 1:am.
I saw more movie stars in person than I could've ever dreamed of.
love the way the Resorts were back off of the strip a little bit, with plenty of palm trees and such. Much more 'inviting' than what the strip looks like today.
Exactly why I've always loved the mirage, I didn't start going to Vegas until mid 90s The mirage was the first place I ever stayed in Vegas.
The front entrance hiding behind the volcano and the whole water features around the whole entrance... I still like going to Vegas now and then but not like I used to it's not the same.
We just drove north along the strip tonight and your right. The linq abd the fontanbleu with just big walls right up to the street is just ugly and the convention center parking right on the strip is horrible.
Can't tell you how many times I've watched this..I just love it.
Back when you could afford good food and a nice room and not get ripped off with resort fees , parking fees, and their was great customer service,😎
Bad part about corporations taking over Vegas
@@supersexycardboard682 They don't make as much money from gaming (as a percentage) so they nickel and dime on other things, and by that I mean $50s and $100s
@@fenian123 They dont make as much money on gaming because they no longer incentivize people to game. They killed the themes, buffets, and free shows like the T.I. and Rio show. They just put up corporate looking buildings, fill them with slots, a few shops and nightclubs, and are then surprised when gambling revenue is so low. They just dont make the casinos worth visiting anymore.
@@johnnytorres277 very true
Look at all those people watching the Mirage fountain right on the strip! Those were the days of the REAL Las Vegas. Miss it like crazy.
And now the new owners, the Hard Rock, want to demolition all of the Mirage and put up a huge guitar looking building.
back in good old days when Las Vegas outdoor lights were actually cool to look at
The food was good and the hookers were clean because you knew who your friends were if ya know what I mean like money from a tree is always green even though we make it from a machine, but here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
The first time I went there was 1984. My brother and me did a western US tour in my dads 78 olds. We stayed at the imperial 300 motel on the strip. I lost $20 bucks in the circus circus on a slot machine. That was all the money I had. Later that day, a monsoon moved through and cars were floating down the street. We left the next day and I didn’t return for about ten years.
It certainly stirred my memories I took a train there with my mother in the 50s from Ohio to Las Vegas when my dad was working there.
I arrived in Vegas in 1988,89. Even then it was great. This is what I remember when my parents drove from californiacation to the strip. Wow, thank you for putting this up.
You're welcome.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing this Charles. It does bring back so many memories of what was vs. what it has become.
You're welcome, Felix. I agree; I never get tired of looking at this stuff. I'll soon be posting even more vintage footage of Las Vegas. Stay tuned . . .
Wow cool and crisp film footage and more ta come is cool, here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Thank you for this footage it brings back memories of the original land marks, classic vintage Vegas before any implosions and newly renovated hotels this is a great film capturing the original glamour and beauty of this city during the simple and less complicated times. I love this time in Vegas less traffic good times, good people. Wish it was stayed this way the city has changed we have watched it change for 30 years.
You're welcome. If you watch my 'Harrahs Investors Video' you'll see plenty of other shots I took around Las Vegas from that time period, including some archival footage from earlier days. Enjoy!
Amazing footage.. Ty for posting.. My first year there was in 1980 and alot of what is here brought back good memories of the old Vegas when it was more fun and exciting.. Look at all that open space.. No open space now.. Great job..
You should have taken the money you lost gambling and bought some of that land with it.
My favorite was the lounge acts at Dunes in the 80’s 😄
Well done. Old Las Vegas was much more relaxing and fun. Locals no longer visit the Strip unless relatives come to town.
Thank you. And yes, I agree with you about The Strip. It stresses me out, now. I only go there if I have a job to do in a hotel, or, like you said, if family or friends are visiting, which is rare.
Great video, wonderful quality for old Vegas footage
Ya this is professional film footage and video editing, here's my amateur film footage if ya wanna watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Saw casino de Paris at the Dunes, won some money at the Aladdin, saw Shirley McLain at Cesar's with Joan Rivers as the opening act. It was 1977. That's the Vegas I liked best. Great video.
We stayed at the Tropagala....saw Johnny Fontane croon some old love songs, tried to get some drinks playing blackjack but some guy named Freddie was busy with 2 of the cocktail waitresses...Owner Moe Greene comped us our night's stay...helluva guy.
They tore down so much stuff.. It almost looks like an alternate universe.
Very relaxing. I like watching videos of how the world used to be..
Thank you for this excellent video.
It's so depressing to see what the banks have done to Las Vegas. They have erased the technically unsurpassed engineering of the glittering signs that used to grace the strip and replaced it with big screen garbage. They even took down the old Treasure Island pirate that was awesome and replaced it with the extremely stupid TI sign. If someone ever gets the idea to bring back the old Vegas, with all the great signs, it will blow the competition out of the water. People would flood the strip to see the splendor that used to be the legendary Las Vegas.
Completely agree!! The new properties, while luxurious, lack the personality of old Vegas with its glamorous neon and themes. For example, the SLS which replaced the Sahara, is lifeless and boring.
tcfunvids exactly now it looks like Hollywood Blvd. I would LOVE to bring back ALL of the old casinos. Stardust, Riviera, Sands, etc and bring back the Vegas feeling
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tcfunvids those signs have so much character
Could not agree more
I lived in Vegas on three separate occasions in my life. I am always looking at videos on UA-cam of vegas. And frankly, most of it is crap. You have shot and collected the best video in one reel I have ever seen. Just wonderful and thank you for not putting in any God Damn Elvis music.
Brings back good times.. 2020 the resort is in its worse crisis..So sad
From El Rancho to Summerlin. What a long strange trip it’s been.
I see you use musicbakery musi too. I used it on my Las Vegas video as well. That track if memory serves me correct is called Destiny.
Yes, I believe you're right about the track name. I used software called SmartSound which could slice up the tracks and arrange them as necessary to match the duration of the video. Unfortunately, the version of SmartSound that I owned would not work on a Windows 10 64-bit OS and I never upgraded. These days I prefer to do original scores, mostly because the Music Bakery tracks have been overused and have become to recognizable.
@@bejarano1960
Yes they did allot of stuff with smart sound and sound forge. I have an old xp computer over in the corner all covered in dust that I use exclusively when I need to make a custom length track from that library. I still use their stuff because back in the day I spent so much buying it.
I grew up in one of those places. My father was one of the owners. I worked in three others over the years. Two of the three are gone now. As is the one dad was an owner of. Bygone days. Better days.
I had the privilege of going to circus circus in 1988 and to the original wet and wild water park and the sights and sounds and smells gave me feelings of pleasurable joy I totally wet my pants, but here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this professional presentation. We are left with the question: what was wrong with the "old?" The DI was good enough for Howard Hughes and the Flamingo for Ben Siegel. What a star-studded string of marquees. Even I had forgotten some of the earliest hotel-casinos. We have been visiting L.V, starting in 1965.
The same thing that happened to the historic buildings are happening to the new buildings so the older more beautiful Vegas is coming back soon, here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
Government and corporate gangsters have ruined Vegas.
Beautiful my friend reminds me when I was there as a child.
Keith Kuhn
If I ever go to Vegas I'm staying at the Glitter Gulch. I would rather stay in something historical
Side note, i love the music
Ya it's like great symphony music from great orchestras in a real movie about Vegas, here's my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
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😢😭 sure f do miss the old Vegas!! Where everyone dressed up and it was a big deal !! Not so classless and in your face - talk about overkill ! 🙄
Where are those houses surrounded by 💦 💧 water? Beautiful video! I loved it!
Good old mafia days
Love ❤
After scouring UA-cam for old Las Vegas, I notice there is almost no footage that was taken inside the old casinos. Is that because photography was prohibited? I would have loved to see some of the old mechanical slot machines.
There was nothing illegal about filming in casinos. The casinos prohibited filming to protect the privacy of their clients and customers. When you do see footage shot in a casino, especially if the people are gambling, you can almost be certain that it was staged for the camera. I've filmed a lot of people playing the old slot machines but they are all actors and models.
Unlike today's smartphone camera. Old video cameras were not very portable so it would be unusual to walk around with one unless you're a newscaster. Most of these outdoor videos were shot from a moving vehicle or helicopter. The old news vans had the cameras mounted in top. Handheld cameras of those days could never have this high quality that a vehicle mounted camera has.
The Las Vegas sign at 7:25 says it all. Not a person in sight. Now you can't get near the thing.
Yes, that was before they had a parking area just for the sign. I guess too many people were getting killed as they ran across the highway after parking over at the Klondike.
Well that's safer
I hope you can share the music with us... thank you.
Neon = SATIFIN’
I worked construction in 96 there, I could see the boom and bust,the dam tours where closed, the older casino's where getting rub out. I always wonder when calif. Would quit comming,no water no extra money lets hope for the best,i also was there breifly on a vaction at 12 and saw the vision when there was water.
Yeah, the late 90s weren't good to Las Vegas. It hasn't gotten much better. The lake is drying up. I doubt there will be a Las Vegas in 20 years.
What is the music?
What's the name of the music
I'm reasonably certain that it is part of the Music Bakery library, looped to the correct running time with Smart Sound software. I would have credited the music but since I didn't originally plan to post this online, I never made note of the track name.
A much simpler time in SINCITY
Here's some of my old Las Vegas film footage if you want to watch it ua-cam.com/video/SyvlAAMgGro/v-deo.html
He did starting fire MGM grand 1980... to ballys
Closed by
Dunes to bellagio
Sands to venetian
Hacienda to malanday bay
Desert inn to Wynn
Landmark to parking
Riviera to the smurfs
Aladdin to planet hollywood
el rancho to ???
boardwalk to Aria
frontier to parking
stardust to resort world
Presents day hotel by
the mirange
treasure island
westgate
Luxor
The linq
Caesars palace
Circus Circus
flamingo
MGM grand
Ballys
New york New york
tropicana
Aria
Venetian
Bellagio
malanday bay
wynn
planet hollywood
resort world
new hotels 2010 by
Lucky dragon
Is this royalty free?
The oldest footage is from the Las Vegas News Bureau. It's not generally considered totality free. The production company I used to work for had to pay a fee for duplication. The footage from the 90s was shot by me, including the aerials. A lot of it is footage that I never ended up using for the project that I shot it for. I don't have any objection to it being used. By having posted it to UA-cam it has become part of the public domain, whether I like it or not. So yes, it's royalty free but a screen credit is always nice.
@@bejarano1960 Awesome. Thanks for the information. I grew up in Vegas my entire life, so this is a very nostalgic.
@@Byerfilms I came here in '75 when I was 15.
The Flamingo is still there
Yes, as is the Tropicana, and Caesar's Palace. The original buildings of the Sahara still exist but it's now called the SLS. For some reason, they think that a hotel/casino must be named with initials in order to draw the younger crowd. We have the "D", the "M", the "SLS", and a few other stupid names. Personally, I'd rather stay at a place called the Treasure Island than the T.I.
EuroSchlager Abteilung yes, and the Flamingo habitat is worth a visit.
Caesars really isn’t part of the "old" Vegas, but maybe the beginning of the new, as it opened in 1966. The Trop and Flamingo are still around, but what we have of them now are high-rise tower expansions built in the 1970's, with any trace of the original properties long since bulldozed into oblivion.
@@bejarano1960 Well, hell then, bring back the D.I.
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LOL .... What an old crap ! Las Vegas is 100 times better now !
Haha, maybe so. Many people, especially longtime residents, or people who have lived here since the 60s or 70s, would probably disagree with your opinion. If you are a resident who has lived here that long you are obviously an exception. I've lived here since 1975 and although there's much that I like about the "new" Las Vegas, I prefer the smaller version of the past. Better is a relative term, though.
I beg to differ. I've been visiting Las Vegas for over 30 years, and it has progressively gotten more shallow and sterile. I still go there, but it's NOT the same. Guess I'm looking for that old Vegas feel...but it's gone.
Well, it's gotten 20 times more expensive. I know those huge mega resorts don't pay for themselves but I feel as if they have priced quite a few people out of the market, especially on the strip.
@@kenttyler1243 And they don't seem to care. That's the worst part.
@@arlinecarreyn2027 Well, they are going for the luxury market of wealthy people who can afford to stay at one of those mega resorts. Just a weekend could cost upwards of $1500 just for the room, not to mention all the other amenities and fees which might take another $500-$1000. And if you go to Vegas you want to gamble and so even a light gambler will spend another $500-$1000, plus food and everything else. When it's all said and done you can expect to spend a minimum of $5000 just for a weekend. That new Resort World Hotel that they just built will be even more. This prices many people out of the market and most of the rooms are left empty most of the time.
Vegas looked so shitty in it's early years
That is your opinion. I don't think many longtime Las Vegas residents share it.
You are being too kind Charles...way too kind.....
No it's shitty now.
what's the song in this video