"Las Vegas" Circa 1968

This segment consists of three 50-foot reels of regular 8 mm film labeled "Las Vegas" #1, #2, #3.
The film boxes are addressed to: Joseph G. Rosetti in Albany, New York.
Based on the show marquees, I believe this trip is from around 1968. The film shows scenes from Las Vegas back in the day, along with Hoover Dam.
00:10 - Las Vegas Strip
01:42 - Golf course
02:02 - Nevada Landscape
02:57 - Downtown Las Vegas
03:26 - Nevada landscape
03:59 - Unidentified people
04:20 - More Las Vegas strip
06:02 - Circus Circus
06:47 - The Stardust
07:45 - Hoover Dam
09:32 - Some old town ????
10:52 - Leaving Las Vegas
Music:
"Wish Background" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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[@justdoitskully]

I was 5yrs old in 68. My parents and Gramma use to go alot and take me. I love old Vegas

[@clucknorriz6683]

We're the same age, I started kindergarten in '68 born in '63 we moved to Vegas in '72 I'm still here my mom, dad, and brother all gone, but this is home.

[@billyhawkins9885]

So many wonderful memories of a Las Vegas that no longer exists. Thank you

[@tonylani2015]

This is fantastic! The International Hotel footage is actually from 1969 when the hotel opened. I actually attended that show with my family seeing Nancy Sinatra, The Osmonds, and Mac Davis. I have a postcard that was laying on the table. I also have the sticker that I wore on my shirt from the Youth Hotel. I was eight years old. Amazing memories that I think about often. 😎

[@jasonhall4734]

I was there only last week. Crazy. Looks cooler back then

[@normasubia6807]

I was there last week also 🎉

[@lookyloo1000]

What an absolute treasure you have preserved and shared with us. I never wanted it to end, and it truly transported me back in time. It's just the way I remember it from so many moons ago. Thank you !

[@user-ks8pf5yk4m]

Look at those fountains. Evel Knievel tried unsuccessfully to jump those on a crude twin Triumph with ancient suspension just the previous year. It still boggles my mind, a former motorcycle racer, that he even considered such a thing to be feasible.

[@rhondadillenburg4717]

I remember most of those old casinos. I lived there until I was about nine or ten years old. I recall how hot it was there and playing in the desert with my sister. My mom worked at the Riveria and the Sahara Hotels. It's nice to reminisce about old memories. Wouldn't want to live there again though.

[@SlushysSecret]

Yea, ever since humans started to become dumb they can’t even afford jobs and want to do evil stuff, I would love to one day go back on time when stuff was safe and you didn’t have to watch your every move

[@shanarstra2129]

Wow I totally remember the giant Aladdin now that you show it. Ahhhhhh memories.

[@felixlenox3345]

8mm film archive. August 1969. The International Hotel & Casino opened July 2. 1969. Nancy Sinatra headlined in August of that year. The "old town" was a display at Fort Lucinda Casino just west of Hoover Dam, today's Hoover Dam Lodge. Great video.

[@90daysinvegas53]

I thought Elvis headlined at The International in August of 1969? His first shows at the International were in August.

[@juliejensen7370]

What memories...thank you!

[@victoriamayo5774]

Precious footage

[@gregorymckinney666]

I truly miss this Vegas

[@miragemike777]

Freakin' awesome!!!! Why? Well, the obvious - old 60's Vegas saved on 8mm, but, the individual talking the footage had the experience and smarts to pan the camera slowly☺️. Thank you for sharing!

[@mhaze210]

I went to a Las Vegas in the 90's video, and it went to an 80's, then a 70's, then this. Even the film difference between all of them is fun to watch.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*Guess what?* *That 'mint-green '68 'LTD' wagon was my/our family car!* @ 0:44...it may well have been my mother there working at the 'Gift Shop' that was operated inside Caesars by 'Host International'.

[@cbody70]

69 Chrysler in parking lot so this film is likely September 68 at earliest. Thanks for posting

[@t-squared6406]

My house was 4 years old,Circus Circus was brand new then,lots of desert just like I saw growing up!!

[@markchalled3976]

Thanks for the post. A city and area that is much changed.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Mark Challed Yes, with the exception of Circus Circus... It opened in 1968.

[@Mike-Primus7777]

My family has been in Vegas since 1929. This film footage was taken 1 year before I existed on this planet. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you. I Like to wonder what my Grandparents were doing when all these clips were taken. My grandfather was somewhere at work running their plastering business. His 120-man crew did the Sands and the Stardust. When they were building them, he always told me the MOB guys paid Good money for their Jobs as long as you were honest with them. They took good care of you. If you weren't truthful, they would take care of you not in a Good way

[@magicskyway]

I love this so much. The International is in this so 1969 onward is my guess. Nancy Sinatra definitely headlined there that year.

[@steverosen743]

Yes it opened July 2nd 1969 with Barbra Streisand as the Headliner

[@connieleighton4375]

Great video ! My family moved to Vegas in 1967, the video shows the Vegas I fell in love with. THX FOR SHARING...♡

[@NickL951]

I love the Hoover dam footage!

[@H.pylori]

The Las Vegas that us old-timers love. Thanks for posting. There was an Old Town or western fort like structure along Boulder Highway, on the way to Hover Dam.

[@aovermont]

Absolutely beautiful

[@Moe-lt2nh]

Thank you for giving us a glimpse of old vegas

[@skipper523]

Awesome video! It’s so neat to see how it used to look. Thank you for sharing!

[@johnsmeith3913]

Amazing how much larger the international hotel is than anything else in the area, people like to say Mirage started the mega resort boom, but the international must have been the definition of mega resort in the late 60s

[@normasubia6807]

Very True 🎉

[@W3Slots]

15 years before I was born at women's hospital, which no longer exists like most of these buildings. Pretty interesting!

[@bengals098558]

You are very beautiful 😍

[@williamthethespian]

Amazing. In the middle of a desert, this ...CITY! It must have been mind boggling. Thanks for the history show .

[@walidsoroor8619]

World wouldnt be the same without LAS VEGAS. ❤️ Thank you for this amazing video.

[@tudiecampagna5793]

So very cool to see all this. I totally remember it!! It was so vastly different then!!

[@louistaylor2769]

I was 18 years old .18 years of my life. Thi is my town my home the good year's and now its like Disneyland from a 72 year old native .been there and zine it my home

[@tomschloesser4787]

Judging by the cars in the parking lot, this is at the earliest 1969.

[@90daysinvegas53]

It's probably 68 because Elvis' name would have been on the International sign in 1969.

[@frozenfog9730]

awsom video thank you for the memories.

[@ReiKrisRazo]

So Classic

[@astrobot702]

I miss the old portions of Vegas that I do remember...

[@surferdude7569]

wow it's nice to see my hometown .in the year i was born amazing

[@deen1843]

I was born there in '68, just after Evel Knievel missed the landing at Caesars.

[@bindardundat454]

Really? I can’t imagine another US city with the exception of NYC that has more pictures available in any year lol

[@mr.calloway7951]

Ouch..I remember that.

[@mr.calloway7951]

.... happy hap birthday!

[@jeromykriege]

Born here in Vegas “76” we’re natives!

[@jamessawyer8889]

It's interesting to see that the International hotel turned into the Las Vegas Hilton

[@harryfishback8173]

When new first moved to Las Vegas my father played piano at the Cleopatras Barge it was at the far north end of the hotel and it exited into a gravel lot which is now the Forum Shops....

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

Yeah well that's great but could you please proofread your comments before posting so that you don't come off sounding like an ignorant moron? Thank you, that is all.

[@lisah5784]

@@biggawinnacrapsa3870 That was just mean and unnecessary 😑

[@ettaplace6716]

Loved cleopatras barge !!🤩

[@bkinouye]

I saw Nancy Sinatra at the International Hotel. I don't remember the exact year, but it may have been 1968.

[@spacecoastsurffishing1726]

Thanks for the video, nice to see the good old days!

[@rickkinney2544]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[@lisah5784]

Think you so much 🤗❤👍

[@joycegonzalez4704]

Ya got the HOT right..119 a week ago...lived here since 2003....first time for me to see Vegas was 1969 to see Elvis... I was 19 and I remember saying who would ever wanna live way out here...lol I was born in Bay Area

[@Rubster760]

Awesome footage 🤩👍.

[@lindauribe6872]

Wish we could go back

[@jimiray1969.]

I see Nancy Sinatra on the billboard of the International, which opened in 1969, and Nancy performed there in 1971. This film is dated 1968.

[@81afitz]

Just think all those cars in the parking lot are now big dollar collectables!

[@jeffhughes9169]

From master Tiger "Thompson taekwondo las Vegas I came here in 1994 but this video is Amazing

[@caioawols8434]

i got recomended this while listening to "I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind " it's beautiful

[@rolltide9547]

That golf course was the Desert Inn.

[@lisah5784]

That's what I was thinking 😊

[@johnegli1308]

The pga tour. There. They’d shoot 8 under each round. -28 would be near the top. With the conditions there.

[@BRLaue]

It was the Dunes course. Tons of dwarf palms, windy and right off the freeway on the back nine.

[@morgan3072]

Beautiful video amazing

[@carpetcowboy58]

At 0:45 the Griswalds were there!

[@gwinnet3142]

Thanks 🙏 for this video

[@RonnieMinh]

Great video .... thanks!

[@Ibusers1]

I can only imagine if someone restored, stabilized, cleaned up the grainy quality of the film frames and sped up the frame rate to 60 FPS using something like Adobe Premiere Pro and Dain App to make the film look very realistic and make it feel more like something filmed in the present day, that would be really cool!

[@henryfernando7289]

great video Thank you!

[@creeperrob1]

I congratulate you on a well done vid

[@vincentbrowning9011]

The Circus Circus didn’t open until 1970,and I see 1972&1973 Lincoln Continentals in this footage.

[@BRLaue]

No, it opened in October 1968. I was a senior at Valley High at the time.

[@VintageLasVegas]

Several of the names on the signs date this to late August-early September 1969

[@henryfernando7289]

Vintage las vegas yes

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

I would not want to be in Vegas in August or July or most of June or the first half of September.

[@garypeters5869]

It appears to be a 1969 Chrysler Newport Custom in the Caesar's parking lot at 00:42. If "brand new" off the dealer lot, it could be the last few months of 1968 (when next model year comes out), but more likely is some date in 1969. Just further support to Vintage Las Vegas's August 22 1969 date.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Thank You

[@peterm1826]

International Hotel. Was where Elvis performed. From 1969. And throughout the 70s.

[@shea65]

NICE !

[@MK-ft3qt]

Love the music...

[@stankatic8182]

Harry and Lena ! Wish I could go !

[@almostparadise123]

Cool👍vid💕 wow before lv Hilton it was international hotel

[@aishacabrera5109]

Love this music

[@movingforwardman3186]

A much better place to visit back then. So overwhelming with way too much high density and a lot less lights

[@jaysantos5941]

nICE VIDEOS!

[@MrRODNEYTWO]

It’s too bad the large casinos moved in here now you got to pay for drink out of plastic that to cost you $50 bucks, change the rules on the blackjack and other games so it’s almost virtually impossible to win. They took the fun out of Vegas instead of remembering your name they ask for your players card and you’re just a number to them.😅

[@j.p.8304]

Starring Hunter S. Thompson

[@henryfernando7289]

Built Circus circus October 1968

[@oldiesgeek454]

I wonder why they took out the merry go round that was on the corner entrance? Then they put that huge clown in its place.

[@edwardjnarrojr3135]

Gaming 🌲 Entertainment, and Business Destination Experience

[@reneeblair7593]

The good ole Vegas...

[@stevewilliams6354]

Interesting video thanks

[@ErickBLopez98]

Beautiful memories friends god bless you

[@greg5011]

I was there then....it was a lot of fun...Today...eh....

[@westho7314]

Cadillacs, Lincoln Continentals everywhere, and a brand new 1968 red Volkswagen bug. Gas was 17 cents a gallon for regular/ 93 octane & 21 cents per gallon for premium/ hi -test @ 103 octane, Most casinos had 39 cent bacon & eggs breakfast & steak and eggs for 79 cents, included toast, hash browns & coffee. Minimum wage was .95 cents an hour and average 1 bedroom furnished apartment within walking distance of the strip went for $50-$75 per month during season. $10 a month less for off season or year round rentals. $160- $200 a month was average tourist industry wage , not including tips. 50% of your check went to rent, utilities & groceries, 25% went to personal maintenance like gasoline, laundry, alcohol, gambling and 25% could actually go in the bank on a good month or more if you didn't have a car or alcohol/ gambling habits. Though if you gambled drinks were free until you were drunk, broke or both.

[@oscarandbernie]

For more Vegas. Click on Da Bird and see where he takes you!

[@deltaecho5470]

Great video, just wished the music hadn't been added. Would have been fine with no sound.

[@XXtheJUMPoffXX]

Then mute the video?

[@bengals098558]

@@XXtheJUMPoffXX exactly lol. Pretty simple solution

[@SideShowChannel]

Hello, I Love your old film footage. Would you mind if I used some of the footage in a music video? Thank you. Sincerely Edward

[@8mmfilmarchive34]

No, go ahead! Give this channel credit and send me a royalty check if you ever make any money!

[@SideShowChannel]

Thank you very much. I doubt I will make any money. I'll see what I can do. Hopefully, it will be useful in my video. Thank you again! Sincerely Edward

[@shanarstra2129]

Sorry the old strip is just under an umbrella and full of x rated stuff now. But I remember the lights and fun even though I was kid.

[@MARKS5USA]

And most of the cars air conditioned by having 4 windows down and going 60 MPH! and I wonder if there was very many hobos laying around and sleeping in boxes in those days?

[@BRLaue]

No, there wasn’t.

[@josetorrejon3485]

The good old times in the real U.S.A.

[@Strazman]

Ah, the Stardust. Back then when you could walk in and cheat at Blackjack and get offered the hammer to the fingers and the money, or just walk away, but not both.

[@fredbowers493]

When the Dunes came down and the Bellagio went up in its place, is about the time Vegas lost its soul. They should have at the Mirage when it came to mega resorts. The vibe is so lame now.

[@jimroveto1543]

I saw a '69 Cadillac Sedan Deville so it wasn't 1968, lol

[@acmecompany]

That was in it’s prime, down hill ever since

[@81afitz]

Family truckster spotted

[@mistervacation23]

What did they smear all over the lens chicken grease? Its all blurry

[@vintagevegas9067]

Bro it's from 1968

[@mistervacation23]

@@vintagevegas9067 oh

[@zaneyone1]

Wow...even then Circus Circus was still a DUMP.

[@carpetcowboy58]

They still have the same carpet.

[@zaneyone1]

carpetcowboy58 imagine the bedspreads.

[@oldiesgeek454]

It was brand new in '68. They didn't have hotel rooms until 1972.

[@kenttyler1243]

@@oldiesgeek454 Oh, I was wondering why the hotel was missing in the background.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@kenttyler1243 Yes, it is strange that they didn't build the hotel part at the same time they built the casino.

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

7:35 I wonder if Barbara Eden was allowed to show her navel in Vegas. Damn!! All that footage of the Hoover Dam, I wish he would have shown the water level on the other side so I could see how much it's dropped.

[@FrankieWilde2021]

Imagine it sitting in pool with drink watching an explosion in the distance

[@JohnForddragracer]

Judging by the cars I would say 1970 or later

[@glenngodfrey5486]

1850s School, Great

[@matrox]

0:42 looks like a 69' or 70 Chrysler 300.

[@brianglade848]

Stay Puft!!!

[@burtward895]

Vegas was a place where mostly decent WASP people would go and spend ungodly amounts of money on food and entertainment then return to their whitebread meccas. They would see "dark" people sing or entertain and say that they were inclusive. My folks talked about going out there when was about 2 years old. Memories you have at that age are sketchy but I do remember being in a casino. I get a really strange dejavue at Tropicana. Mom said we stayed at a dive motel south of it.

[@tfu4434]

nonsense.food and entertainment was dirt cheap.racist people weren't trying to pretend they were being "inclusive" back then.racist dipshits were mostly proud of their racism.

[@michellearagon6949]

And then Vegas figures Money is green

[@almostparadise123]

What is WASP

[@Sidewinder2180]

And the real racist is you! Because that is all you think about!! Reeee racist racist racist. You're the one who has color of skin on your mind all the time. Maybe you're the problem immediately making an old video of Vegas strip about race!

[@james5460]

Now, whitebread people like you can sit around posting pompous, pious nonsense about race and say that they were inclusive.