This is how I remember my Las Vegas. Coming from LA on the only highway to Vegas, you know you are in Las Vegas when you see the Sands Hotel. Off course, being a new visitor in 1954, I head straight to downtown Las Vegas. Binions had it's 1 million dollars on display, dollar chips on the crap tables were silver dollars, free shows right off the casino floor and prime rib dinner at a ridiculous low price of which I forgot how much it was. Las Vegas was segregated back then. Even entertainers like Louis Armstrong have to stay at places outside of town.
Sadly, as I sat in my suite in the Encore a couple years ago, I watched the demolition of the Riv. I used to go there in the late 70's and early '80s as it was a classy place to go then... This is truly rare, classic footage, a piece of history. Thanks for posting.
Nice film. I left Vegas in 1954! My dad finally got a fellowship to study with Frank Lloyd Wright. So we were leaving. My dad was the architect for Mr. Siegel and supervised the building of The Flamingo Hotel and Casino. That is generally considered the first modern post war gaming establishment.
I’ve been watching a number of early Las Vegas videos on UA-cam. This one really stands out because of your narration. So many other videos just show footage with no context. It really is amazing to look across the street from the Dunes and see wide-open land! And to see how everyone dressed up to go out-so unlike today. And the trip to Disneyland was a real bonus!
Such a cool video, thanks for showing it to the world ! I didn't make it to Vegas until I was 50 in 2013.......been back several times since....would have loved to see it back then. One of my daughters is currently in Vegas. I'm thinking she will move there after she graduates from college. Thanks again....I'm sure your mother and father would be happy you shared this.
Ronnie, we also moved to town in 1955, I was 4, and we lived at 1600 Pacific down by the Showboat... these films are simply amazing.. I went to Crestwood then My mom and dad worked at the Fremont, and then dad went to the Riviera.. I am kinda surprised that we didn't know each other better. I played in a band first with Jim Alcivar, who went on to play with Ronnie Montrose. Later, I was in a band with Dennis Prell, Don Iodice, a few others came and went...we played at the Gold Room a bunch and I remember doing a battle of the bands at the Convention Center in the late '60's..we opened for Three Dog Night at the Armory lol..
These home movies are absolutely fabulous..this of course was the time period when each of the Las Vegas Hotels/Casinos were built, run and operated by mobsters from the big cities back east...the film quality of the old 8mm camera is astoundingly good, and the sight and names of the legendary hotels which started the Strip, is like a historical time travel back to a much simpler and more innocent time...Congrats on posting this unique video....
I remember going to Las Vegas in the late 70's and early 80's we would have arrived in the early morning around 4am at the state line and my step dad would say there's Vegas !! me and my brothers would get excited because from the distance it looked like a huge carnival with all those lights blinking. ..and finally when we got on the strip first stop circus , circus playing the dime toss winning lots of drinking glasses and small sauces etc. and I would look down from to balcony looking for our mom and step dad playing the slots machines sometimes when I go to circus, circus today in the 2000 years I would go to the top balcony and look down at everyone playing the slots and it would remind me of those years when I was a kid doing this great memories we had. ...
Incredible video by the way brought back so many memories. My father was featured Pianist in the Minsky Burlesque Show at the Dunes in 1958 and he fell in love with the city. We moved there from Los Angeles St Patricks day 1971 just after the Sylmar quake. They were just finishing up the New Highway into town but we came into town on the old two Lane road and past the Welcome to Las Vegas sign my first memory of the casinos was the Silver Slipper sign with the giant Neon Pump lol....
Born and raised in Las Vegas since 1985 and I still love this city but wish I grew up in the 70’s my pops told me it was the golden era lol and boy does he have his stories....
I know this was a personal home video of ur family but with sincere regards thank you so much for a glimpse Into the past where someone with my skin color wouldn't be allowed to be around to see at such a time so thanks for that now fond memory I can share with you and others! 🤟
Nice sentiments about your Father.Your Mother & Father made a lovely couple. You 2 kids were very fortunate as you pointed out; fine parents. Thank You. If you have any 50s/ 60s footage of any kind please share. Thank you for this historical home movie.
Me and my brother Mike were indeed lucky. Never once did we see our parents fight or have a bad argument. No drinking, no gambling, no drugs in our house, but plenty of home cooking, love and respect for one another.
I actually attended the Grand Opening of the original MGM Grand Hotel and although I was only 7 or so I remember seeing some of the big stars from the Old Classics. My favorite childhood memory of L:as Vegas is going to see all the wonderful old movies with my pops screened in their Movie Theatre which had couches rather than seats and drinks could be ordered at the touch of a button admission Price $2.50
Aw, what a beautiful video of your family trip to Las Vegas and Disneyland! Thank you for sharing this amazing video of your magical time there!🥰😃😃👍✨💖✨
What a real treat to see and feel what was seen back when young,and allow the younger folks to feel a bit what we expierienced.Blessings,and good health for you and yours.
That was awesome video of LV.. I worked at the Riviera for a couple years. I always thought it was a Hole Katy's coffee shop, Khristopher's, Crazy girls, Neil Diamond impersonator Jay White. Which I have a Christmas gift from Jay White Starbucks coffee. And when it comes down to it I wish Las Vegas was still the old ways. But keeping an old hotel in Las Vegas is like keeping an old pair of shoes.
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Your memories of that time are great. Enjoyed the clip of Disneyland. This is priceless. Wish I could give this 100 thumbs up. Thanks again for sharing.
Small correction Ronnie; across from the Dunes is where Bally's is today. The original MGM sold to Bally's in the 80's, then built the current MGM, in '94 on Tropicana! What you said about the signs on the strip was spot on. I moved to LV in spring of '61 when I was 9. We moved from Canoga Park & I remember arriving around mid-nite on the strip, seeing the Hacienda riding gaucho, the Dunes sultan & the Silver Slipper & thinking I was on a different planet! Talk about your 'Electric Koolaid!' After 60 yrs in Vegas & living stories that would make Serling & King listen up , I, a couple months ago, moved out of ' Dodge ,' to a small town, your dad's flicks gave me a super nostalgic rush ! Gracias mi hermano !
Thank you so much for taking us along. I think the El Rancho was the first Strip Hotel-casino. And, you mentioned Disneyland: a bunch of us college students worked there in 1965.
Nice video. I am glad to see the old vegas. It had more character then today. Your dad was smart to film vegas back in the 50s becasue people can see the better vegas.
What an amazing video and kudos to your dad for documenting early Las Vegas. I wonder if he realized the significance it would bring for generations to come. Although this is on UA-cam, you should consider donating a copy to the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society.
I grew up in a house in east Vegas 70s,80s,in the 70s,there was barely anything all the way up to Sunrise Mountain.Just in the east alone,I can remember when so many places were dirt.Interesting video!!!
Very interesting old Vegas footage Your “ matter of fact “ insight / narration adds intrigue as well 3:20 your mom slipping into the casino in full evening wear and pearl earrings it looks like / wow a different time lol
Being a native Las Vegan (b 1955), these home movies are priceless to me. The opening of the video, shows a three person family posing outside their motel room called the "Alaskan", that according to the narration by the then five year old boy, sat close to where the Stratosphere is today. They came from the illegal gaming mecca Newport Kentucky he says. The father in this picture at the beginning here is wearing his dealing apron for his employer, the Riviera, which as he says, was one of three major resorts to open in Las Vegas that year. One of my best friends, was born here in 1957, after his family also moved from Newport, Kentucky (1954), where his father was employed in gaming. (dealer) Thanks to Ron for the upload -I'm assuming he's the five yr old in the picture at the beginning of the video here.
Hi Ronnie, I really enjoyed this video.... Did your dad work at the Yorkshire? I am in NKY myself and I'm a bit of a student of gaming lore both in NKY and in Vegas. Would love to hear more of the history of your family. Cheers... Drew
Back in these days, the slot machines used real coins, and when you hit the sound was of coins dropping into the trays, and bells. Very noisy, but I think the sound was superior to the sounds slots make today.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I love vintage home movies and Las Vegas. This video was the best of both worlds. Beautiful family. What ever happened to you parents?
Thanks for the nice comment. My dad was an Executive with Ceasars Palace and died of a heart attack/stroke at a fairly early age, mom lived to be 82 and died of a heart attack. Early Las Vegas was so much fun, I think about it a lot lately. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for sharing this, may your father be at peace, also, I’m curious how that hitchhiker life ended up being, truly a window to the past.
A couple of billion dollars in Cars...Nice video...I think the Flamingo is considered the real start of Las Vegas fame..We went to Disneyland in 1955 and there was still a lot of construction going on . Ronald Reagan was the spokesperson. The mini cars were a hoot...Thanks for the video.
All due respect, Ronnie, but I have to ask this: Did your pop work for the syndicate that used to run Newport, and did that syndicate have points in the Dunes? I ask because I think my great aunt and uncle had a bar (don't know if it was one of "those" bars) in either Newport or Covington after the War.
Funny to see all these young kids here who are now in their 60's. Filmed about 3 yrs before I was born. Lived in Vegas from 1986 to 2013, so I got to see some of these old casino's like the Dunes before they were made to disappear. I preferred that Vegas to the new one.
Fascinating! Unfortunate they weren't a bit more skillful and experienced with the movie camera. Our family finally made from Wisconsin to Disneyland in 1967. I was 19 and "got" Disney's concept and philosophy. The production values were spectacular and one could literally eat off the streets. What a perfect fantastic world! Did not disappoint after all those years of Mickey Mouse Club and Sunday evening Walt Disney World tv shows that generated such pent up interest for visiting his wonderful world amusement parks. Visited Las Vegas on the way to Disney's in 1967. To young to go into the casinos.
Nothing to Sunrise Mountain,I grew up that direction,my house wasn't built until 1964,across the street, houses started getting built in 1975,this is fascinating!
Great video. New Frontier: Ann Sothern, Dunes: Mickey Rooney, Sands: Ziegfeld Follies and Louis Armstrong; Desert Inn: Ted Lewis. This was August 55. Opposite the Dunes where the first MGM Grand (now Bally's) was built in 1973.
We stopped at most every roadside attraction on Route 66 from Kentucky to Las Vegas. Hamburgers that were different in each town! Motels shaped like Tee-Pee's, Indians selling jewelry and trinkets in Gallup NM, Orange groves in California .... My Mom & Dad took me everywhere and I still remember most all of it. Thanks Pete for your nice comment.
Michael Davis Thanks Michael, we rode that Chevy from Newport Ky. To Las Vegas along Route 66 and we stoped at almost all the roadside attractions. I still think about what a lucky 6 year old I was!
Desert burials were a myth. Vegas has expanded from mountain range to mountain range and construction crews have found no graves. There's a very good reason for this. Six inches below the hard pan soil of the valley, is a layer of caliche, a natural concrete which needs explosives or a jackhammer to breakup. Can't do it with a shovel and/or pick.
Fabulous film footage. Unfortunately Las Vegas is not like that today, it's just built up and the hospitality is not the same. The corporations took over. I look for the small places between Vegas and Pahrump. Much more pleasant. Thank you for your time and effort for posting.
Whatever your dad did it must have paid very well because they haven't ate mmmm film in the 50s was very rare we don't realize what our parents do for us until we get much older and realize we have to do that too and it's as a child you don't realize how hard it is for them to keep the children from realizing what life is all about
Thanks Lyle for your insightful comment, much appreciated. I was fortunate to have two wonderful parents and wonderful grandparents. They all worked in the illegal gambling business back then. Shortly after this video was made the illegal casinos in Kentucky were shut down and we moved to Las Vegas..
I get so excited about Vegas nostalgia trips like this until I remember that the most talented entertainer on the strip, Sammy Davis Jr, was't allowed to stay at the hotels he sang and danced in simply because he was, well, you see how nonsensical it is right?
Thank you so much for this video! I love seeing my hometown, it was great till all the liberals transplants started invading in the late 80s. Beautiful family and faboulus video, wish we could go back to this time.
This is how I remember my Las Vegas. Coming from LA on the only highway to Vegas, you know you are in Las Vegas when you see the Sands Hotel. Off course, being a new visitor in 1954, I head straight to downtown Las Vegas. Binions had it's 1 million dollars on display, dollar chips on the crap tables were silver dollars, free shows right off the casino floor and prime rib dinner at a ridiculous low price of which I forgot how much it was. Las Vegas was segregated back then. Even entertainers like Louis Armstrong have to stay at places outside of town.
And people thinking things are bad now
Sadly, as I sat in my suite in the Encore a couple years ago, I watched the demolition of the Riv. I used to go there in the late 70's and early '80s as it was a classy place to go then... This is truly rare, classic footage, a piece of history. Thanks for posting.
Nice film. I left Vegas in 1954!
My dad finally got a fellowship to study with Frank Lloyd Wright. So we were leaving.
My dad was the architect for Mr. Siegel and supervised the building of The Flamingo Hotel and Casino. That is generally considered the first modern post war gaming establishment.
Wow! how amazing Kris that you had that experience.
I’ve been watching a number of early Las Vegas videos on UA-cam. This one really stands out because of your narration. So many other videos just show footage with no context. It really is amazing to look across the street from the Dunes and see wide-open land! And to see how everyone dressed up to go out-so unlike today. And the trip to Disneyland was a real bonus!
Vital Vector Thanks Vital, I really appreciate your comment and my father would have too.
Such a cool video, thanks for showing it to the world ! I didn't make it to Vegas until I was 50 in 2013.......been back several times since....would have loved to see it back then. One of my daughters is currently in Vegas. I'm thinking she will move there after she graduates from college. Thanks again....I'm sure your mother and father would be happy you shared this.
Thanks Tony, your nice comment is much appreciated. Ronnie
Love the video, memories and how you spoke so fondly of your dad!
Thanks MIchael, your comment is much appreciated.
That was absolutely fantastic! So glad your dad filmed it.
Thanks, my Dad really enjoyed his cameras and he loved Las Vegas.
@Mark Winchester shut up you racist sexist idiot
This is incredible. Thank you for posting.
Thanks so much for the nice comment. You are appreciated.
Ronnie, we also moved to town in 1955, I was 4, and we lived at 1600 Pacific down by the Showboat... these films are simply amazing.. I went to Crestwood then
My mom and dad worked at the Fremont, and then dad went to the Riviera.. I am kinda surprised that we didn't know each other better. I played in a band first with Jim Alcivar, who went on to play with Ronnie Montrose. Later, I was in a band with Dennis Prell, Don Iodice, a few others came and went...we played at the Gold Room a bunch and I remember doing a battle of the bands at the Convention Center in the late '60's..we opened for Three Dog Night at the Armory lol..
These home movies are absolutely fabulous..this of course was the time period when each of the Las Vegas Hotels/Casinos were built, run and operated by mobsters from the big cities back east...the film quality of the old 8mm camera is astoundingly good, and the sight and names of the legendary hotels which started the Strip, is like a historical time travel back to a much simpler and more innocent time...Congrats on posting this unique video....
I remember going to Las Vegas in the late 70's and early 80's
we would have arrived in the early morning around 4am at the state line and my step dad would say there's Vegas !!
me and my brothers would get excited because from the distance it looked like a huge carnival with all those lights blinking. ..and finally when we got on the strip first stop
circus , circus playing the dime toss winning lots of drinking glasses and small sauces etc. and I would look down from to balcony looking for our mom and step dad playing the slots machines sometimes when I go to circus, circus today in the 2000 years I would go to the top balcony and look down at everyone playing the slots and it would remind me of those years when I was a kid doing this great memories we had. ...
Thanks for sharing your story and footage. That must’ve truly been an unforgettable summer. Bless your Dad and your family
Incredible video by the way brought back so many memories. My father was featured Pianist in the Minsky Burlesque Show at the Dunes in 1958 and he fell in love with the city. We moved there from Los Angeles St Patricks day 1971 just after the Sylmar quake. They were just finishing up the New Highway into town but we came into town on the old two Lane road and past the Welcome to Las Vegas sign my first memory of the casinos was the Silver Slipper sign with the giant Neon Pump lol....
This is fantastic, and a wonderful tribute to your father. Thank you so much for sharing! :)
Thank you do much for the nice comment.
Born and raised in Las Vegas since 1985 and I still love this city but wish I grew up in the 70’s my pops told me it was the golden era lol and boy does he have his stories....
My first time in Vegas 1990 July 4 stayed at the flamingo I wasn’t even crowded
Fantastic video of 1955, amazing that your home film footage was preserved. And even Disneyland?!? Loved the narration.
Thanks Joe, dad would love your ice comment, his name was Joe too.
I know this was a personal home video of ur family but with sincere regards thank you so much for a glimpse Into the past where someone with my skin color wouldn't be allowed to be around to see at such a time so thanks for that now fond memory I can share with you and others! 🤟
Exactly I tried to Tell today’s Generation how things were not interested
Nice sentiments about your Father.Your Mother & Father made a lovely couple. You 2 kids were very fortunate as you pointed out; fine parents. Thank You. If you have any 50s/ 60s footage of any kind please share. Thank you for this historical home movie.
Me and my brother Mike were indeed lucky. Never once did we see our parents fight or have a bad argument. No drinking, no gambling, no drugs in our house, but plenty of home cooking, love and respect for one another.
Wow this video was awesome !! Your Dad seemed like a real cool guy, Vegas was so different back then but so cool to see the actual Mob casinos 🎰
Me again ! Just watching videos from the 1950s and 60s and this recommended again! Hope December is treating you well
What a gem ! Thank you for sharing this
I actually attended the Grand Opening of the original MGM Grand Hotel and although I was only 7 or so I remember seeing some of the big stars from the Old Classics. My favorite childhood memory of L:as Vegas is going to see all the wonderful old movies with my pops screened in their Movie Theatre which had couches rather than seats and drinks could be ordered at the touch of a button admission Price $2.50
Harry Fishback Thanks for sharing Harry. I worked at the original MGM for 6 years. Small world.
Aw, what a beautiful video of your family trip to Las Vegas and Disneyland! Thank you for sharing this amazing video of your magical time there!🥰😃😃👍✨💖✨
What a real treat to see and feel what was seen back when young,and allow the younger folks to feel a bit what we expierienced.Blessings,and good health for you and yours.
That was awesome video of LV.. I worked at the Riviera for a couple years. I always thought it was a Hole Katy's coffee shop, Khristopher's, Crazy girls, Neil Diamond impersonator Jay White. Which I have a Christmas gift from Jay White Starbucks coffee. And when it comes down to it I wish Las Vegas was still the old ways. But keeping an old hotel in Las Vegas is like keeping an old pair of shoes.
hello, had to come back and see this video again especially during this quarantine time. great old vegas.
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Your memories of that time are great. Enjoyed the clip of Disneyland. This is priceless. Wish I could give this 100 thumbs up. Thanks again for sharing.
Small correction Ronnie; across from the Dunes is where Bally's is today. The original MGM sold to Bally's in the 80's, then built the current MGM, in '94 on Tropicana!
What you said about the signs on the strip was spot on. I moved to LV in spring of '61 when I was 9. We moved from Canoga Park & I remember arriving around mid-nite on the strip, seeing the Hacienda riding gaucho, the Dunes sultan & the Silver Slipper & thinking I was on a different planet! Talk about your 'Electric Koolaid!'
After 60 yrs in Vegas & living stories that would make Serling & King listen up , I, a couple months ago, moved out of ' Dodge ,' to a small town, your dad's flicks gave me a super nostalgic rush ! Gracias mi hermano !
Thanks Jerry, but back then it was a whole lot of nothing!
A wonderful film and your words are sincere, wish i was in the back seat with ya.. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for taking us along. I think the El Rancho was the first Strip Hotel-casino. And, you mentioned Disneyland: a bunch of us college students worked there in 1965.
That was super cool. Those we're the days.
So happy you shared.
Thank you.
Wow, thank you so much for posting this!! This is one of my favorite youtube videos
+Pancake Bobbyman Thanks Pancake, we appreciate hearing that!
Amazing!! Thanks for posting. Truly a special glimpse at a world many of us will never know.
Thanks Margie, dad would be happy to know you enjoyed his movies.
Nice video. I am glad to see the old vegas. It had more character then today. Your dad was smart to film vegas back in the 50s becasue people can see the better vegas.
I wish I could go back in time...thanks for the video!
Great footage, Thank you for sharing. I really dig vintage Las Vegas at its golden age.
I love Videos like this where there is someone to say a bit of the history in the background! Thank You!
Great video, I can see you really appreciated your father. Thanks for sharing your memory
Thanks for the nice comment, much appreciated.
A wonderful video...absolutely classic footage of early Vegas strip...thanks for posting
What an amazing video and kudos to your dad for documenting early Las Vegas. I wonder if he realized the significance it would bring for generations to come. Although this is on UA-cam, you should consider donating a copy to the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society.
Thanks so much
Thanks for posting this video. Awesome window back in time.
Your mom could have passed for a Disneyland Princess!
I grew up in a house in east Vegas 70s,80s,in the 70s,there was barely anything all the way up to Sunrise Mountain.Just in the east alone,I can remember when so many places were dirt.Interesting video!!!
Fantastic memories, Thanks for sharing.
Sentimental, informative, and entertaining. Great job. Thanks for it.
WOQ! Thanks William, you made my night.
I’m in Vegas right now visiting and seeing this is really cool! Glad videos like these our out there.
Very interesting old Vegas footage
Your “ matter of fact “ insight / narration adds intrigue as well
3:20 your mom slipping into the casino in full evening wear and pearl earrings it looks like / wow a different time lol
I was a great place to grow up in.
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Many many thanks for sharing.
Sincerely Tom Weidler in Las Vegas Nevada
Wonderful video
Thank you
Love the 55 convertible
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Bless you for sharing some great history!
Fantastic narration. Thank you Ronnie!
Bryan Green Thanks Bryan, much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it. My Dad would be happy too.
Thank you very much from a native
Being a native Las Vegan (b 1955), these home movies are priceless to me. The opening of the video, shows a three person family posing outside their motel room called the "Alaskan", that according to the narration by the then five year old boy, sat close to where the Stratosphere is today. They came from the illegal gaming mecca Newport Kentucky he says. The father in this picture at the beginning here is wearing his dealing apron for his employer, the Riviera, which as he says, was one of three major resorts to open in Las Vegas that year. One of my best friends, was born here in 1957, after his family also moved from Newport, Kentucky (1954), where his father was employed in gaming. (dealer) Thanks to Ron for the upload -I'm assuming he's the five yr old in the picture at the beginning of the video here.
Hi Ronnie, I really enjoyed this video.... Did your dad work at the Yorkshire? I am in NKY myself and I'm a bit of a student of gaming lore both in NKY and in Vegas. Would love to hear more of the history of your family. Cheers... Drew
Hi Drew, Yes, dad worked at the Yorkshire. My grandfather (Red Schneider) was the majority owner of the Yorkshire. I remember the Yorkshire very well.
Back in these days, the slot machines used real coins, and when you hit the sound was of coins dropping into the trays, and bells. Very noisy, but I think the sound was superior to the sounds slots make today.
Big D -1- Channel they don't make any today and it's a shame.
If you ever worked in a casino on the Graveyard shift there you know just how bad the noises are today. Thanks Big D.
@@bryggreen77 hf
Is this your family video Ronnie, it's simply awesome and touching. Thanks so much for sharing~
Yes Dennis, My dad did the filming. Dad filmed a few more reels but I can't locate them.
Loved this! Thanks for sharing it!
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I love vintage home movies and Las Vegas. This video was the best of both worlds. Beautiful family. What ever happened to you parents?
Thanks for the nice comment. My dad was an Executive with Ceasars Palace and died of a heart attack/stroke at a fairly early age, mom lived to be 82 and died of a heart attack. Early Las Vegas was so much fun, I think about it a lot lately. Thanks again.
Time warp!!! back when they still appreciated their patrons!! not so much today....
This is a really nice video of footage compilation, the narrative makes it even better(tell a story, instead of just being pictures)
Wow; thank you SO much for posting this. Very fascinationg!
Excellent. Thank you.😊❤️
Awesome video! Thanks so much for posting!
Wow. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for sharing this, may your father be at peace, also, I’m curious how that hitchhiker life ended up being, truly a window to the past.
96serpendity youarelostnotme Thank you for the nice comment, you are appreciated.
Very special footage of Vegas -- thank you for sharing!
Cool video, thanks for sharing !
Thanks! You are appreciated.
A couple of billion dollars in Cars...Nice video...I think the Flamingo is considered the real start of Las Vegas fame..We went to Disneyland in 1955 and there was still a lot of construction going on . Ronald Reagan was the spokesperson. The mini cars were a hoot...Thanks for the video.
A window to the past......Great work my friend! LIKE#235👍 ✅ 😁👌👀 😁 🍀👌☀😁 Ciao 😀
Eusepio1957 Thank you do much, Dad would be happy to know you enjoyed his home movie. Thanks!
All due respect, Ronnie, but I have to ask this: Did your pop work for the syndicate that used to run Newport, and did that syndicate have points in the Dunes? I ask because I think my great aunt and uncle had a bar (don't know if it was one of "those" bars) in either Newport or Covington after the War.
Frank Santore Hi Frank, yes dad worked at the Yorkshire in Newport, and yes the syndicate had points in the Dunes.
Funny to see all these young kids here who are now in their 60's. Filmed about 3 yrs before I was born. Lived in Vegas from 1986 to 2013, so I got to see some of these old casino's like the Dunes before they were made to disappear. I preferred that Vegas to the new one.
Did you ever going to the landmark Hotel and Casino
@@1990758 I remember it...can't remember if I actually ever went into it though.
@@robertglancy4474 ok kool
Interesting video. Thanks to dad. Probably you can sell the original copy to Las Vegas City Museum.
Thanks for the nice comment. If the City wanted it I would donate it to them.
Super amazing to watch this video. Thank you for putting it up
Thanks for the nice comment. My dad would love it that you enjoyed his movie.
Very nice tribute
Priceless ....
Fascinating!
Unfortunate they weren't a bit more skillful and experienced with the movie camera.
Our family finally made from Wisconsin to Disneyland in 1967. I was 19 and "got" Disney's concept and philosophy. The production values were spectacular and one could literally eat off the streets. What a perfect fantastic world! Did not disappoint after all those years of Mickey Mouse Club and Sunday evening Walt Disney World tv shows that generated such pent up interest for visiting his wonderful world amusement parks.
Visited Las Vegas on the way to Disney's in 1967. To young to go into the casinos.
I’ll bet Vegas was much more fun back then
Nothing to Sunrise Mountain,I grew up that direction,my house wasn't built until 1964,across the street, houses started getting built in 1975,this is fascinating!
Great video. New Frontier: Ann Sothern, Dunes: Mickey Rooney, Sands: Ziegfeld Follies and Louis Armstrong; Desert Inn: Ted Lewis. This was August 55. Opposite the Dunes where the first MGM Grand (now Bally's) was built in 1973.
Kudos to your father for his efforts on behalf of his family.
Thanks John, much appreciated.
Your Paps was a real dad. Nice video, let me share it.
Thanks so much! Yes, he was a great guy and loved by everyone who met him. Thanks again for the nice comment.
God bless seems you had a great dad he took u to see the country. Wow Las Vegas &
Disney Land
We stopped at most every roadside attraction on Route 66 from Kentucky to Las Vegas. Hamburgers that were different in each town! Motels shaped like Tee-Pee's, Indians selling jewelry and trinkets in Gallup NM, Orange groves in California .... My Mom & Dad took me everywhere and I still remember most all of it. Thanks Pete for your nice comment.
Amazing video. Great stuff.
Daniele Sbordone Thanks Daniele, Dad would be happy to know that you enjoyed his movie.
I would have liked to be riding around with the women in that 55 convertible 01:48 . This video is awesome!
Michael Davis Thanks Michael, we rode that Chevy from Newport Ky. To Las Vegas along Route 66 and we stoped at almost all the roadside attractions. I still think about what a lucky 6 year old I was!
Nothing like mob hits and getting buried in a desert. Beautiful video. Thanks for uploading
veerchasm1 I met and knew all the greats from Meyer on down and one thing they all agreed on was that “the government is the real mafia”.
Desert burials were a myth. Vegas has expanded from mountain range to mountain range and construction crews have found no graves. There's a very good reason for this. Six inches below the hard pan soil of the valley, is a layer of caliche, a natural concrete which needs explosives or a jackhammer to breakup. Can't do it with a shovel and/or pick.
That was very nice😀
BWAAAAH! God bless you for this video 😘
Thanks Tina ... so glad you enjoyed it.
What an amazing video 👏👏👏
Love the narration.
Thank you Bob I really appreciate hearing that.
Remember well. stationed at Nellis 1954 to 1957 greaat video.
Thanks Alfred!
Very interesting
Fabulous film footage. Unfortunately Las Vegas is not like that today, it's just built up and the hospitality is not the same. The corporations took over. I look for the small places between Vegas and Pahrump. Much more pleasant.
Thank you for your time and effort for posting.
"The Dunes" in the middle of nowhere--hence THE DUNES!
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
Whatever your dad did it must have paid very well because they haven't ate mmmm film in the 50s was very rare we don't realize what our parents do for us until we get much older and realize we have to do that too and it's as a child you don't realize how hard it is for them to keep the children from realizing what life is all about
Thanks Lyle for your insightful comment, much appreciated. I was fortunate to have two wonderful parents and wonderful grandparents. They all worked in the illegal gambling business back then. Shortly after this video was made the illegal casinos in Kentucky were shut down and we moved to Las Vegas..
I get so excited about Vegas nostalgia trips like this until I remember that the most talented entertainer on the strip, Sammy Davis Jr, was't allowed to stay at the hotels he sang and danced in simply because he was, well, you see how nonsensical it is right?
Thank you so much for this video! I love seeing my hometown, it was great till all the liberals transplants started invading in the late 80s. Beautiful family and faboulus video, wish we could go back to this time.
This video is cool I love it 👍🇨🇦
What a sweet video.