"RECREATION UNLIMITED" 1960s LAS VEGAS NEVADA PROMO FILM DESERT INN WILBUR CLARK 32524z

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

Yoko Otani was Miss Japan 1957. Eddie Fischer and Debbie Reynolds divorced in '59 after Liz Taylor snatched him up. Good little film...

[@HidehuntersPC]

These were my years; I grew up in Vegas. The silver slipper; The thunderbird the Dunes and Hacienda and of course the Down town area where you could still drive Fremont street.

[@mexicanspec]

That was the best time to be in Vegas.

[@VintageLasVegas]

1957 is the correct year. All of the driving scenes (Fremont St, Desert Inn exterior, Boulder Hwy, etc) were October 1957, and the golf course scenes were earlier in April.

[@MichelleOlivetti]

Of the famous celebrities seen here, Mamie Van Doren is the only one still living. And this is when people dressed up for the evening events! These days people dress up like they are ready to do yard work.

[@8176morgan]

And she's up in the 90's now!

[@thecapone45]

When it showed the guy with the blue Polo that had a hand in creating Vegas, I immediately started thinking of all the Mafia associations he must have had. This film paints a nice little facade over it all.

[@smokeystover5682]

Looks more like '50s than '60s to me, but I really enjoyed it.

[@mexicanspec]

The car is a 1957 so probably that year.

[@geoffmorgan6059]

@@mexicanspec Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds married in 1955, divorced in 1959, so this is most likely '57 or '58.

[@Robeirt315]

I would agree with you.

[@altfactor]

Guess the Desert Inn in Las Vegas had the Gateway Arch before St. Louis did!

[@crankychris2]

The real one was built in 1963.

[@tirebiter4009]

It is rumored that that there are also places in Las Vegas where gambling occurs.

[@JustSnapper]

My dads going to love this, they were young then, we lived there

[@uwantsun]

Not sure about 60s, but late 1950s. I looked and the newest car, I believe, I could find was a 57 plymouth.

[@8176morgan]

A sporty looking pink and black 1957 Dodge Custom Royal covertible starts of the film. Definitely nothing later than that. 😊

[@lisat4715]

I'd be shocked if there was anywhere in Las Vegas that has that much grass any more.

[@Wonderhussy]

Watching this, it's like...NO WONDER Lake Mead went dry! 😆🤪

[@jeanhansel5805]

Lots of motels had large outside lawns in front and lawns surrounding the swimming pools at the back, but that was back in about 1957, when Fremont Street was the main attraction for gambling.

[@tomweickmann6414]

The weed shops!

[@jeanhansel5805]

@@tomweickmann6414 LOL

[@drumdude46]

THIS....would have been the time to live in Las Vegas.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

You could watch this and barely know about the casinos. The closest it got were the outside signs and the bit about the showrooms. None of it would have been economically viable without the gaming revenue source.

[@CrabbyOldLady]

Imagine if, back then, somebody had tried to walk into the showroom in baggy soccer shorts, a t shirt, and a 5 day growth of beard. And thought they were hip beyond measure.

[@packersnerd]

Great video as always. Appreciate you guys!

[@histubeness]

This needed much more of Mamie Van Doren. She deserved at least as much time as Ray Bolger got.

[@jimihendrix1575]

"....we see Yoko Ono poolside." "Yoko, who has never even heard of the Beatles, poses for pictures at poolside."

[@keithwarner6997]

Saw hoover dam in 1977 summer. 🎉

[@appliedengineering4001]

One thing I sure miss is the hotels that had a deep pool with a diving board. Don't see that anymore, anywhere.

[@altfactor]

Probably due to litigation concerns.

[@robsemail]

@@altfactor directly or indirectly, yes. Even if a hotelier was not put off by the threat of litigation, insurance is much cheaper if there is no diving board. It’s similar to why you may need a jacket to visit a popular restaurant in summertime, even in the Deep South. Insurance companies charge less for liability insurance if the restaurant is kept fairly cold all the time. Pathogens have a harder time spreading in cold environments, and insurance companies are in the business of knowing things like that.

[@Svarten42]

Where is Moe Green?

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Getting new glasses

[@Svarten42]

@@Redwhiteblue-gr5em 😂

[@danbusey]

Eddie Fisher divorced Debbie Reynolds in 1959 so this is prior to that.

[@sashadala346]

And while this was going on the Casino Mafia was hauling out to the Desert it's assassination victims to be buried in the middle of nowhere.

[@themanfromphoto]

Yeah good ol' Wilbur Clark had to get his financing from the Mob to get it built. They owned it behind the scenes. Moe Dalitz from Cleveland owned it till '67 when Howard Hughes bought it.

[@sashadala346]

@@themanfromphoto It's still the Mob. The Mob now is, "Legit," Legitimate. The Mob now pays taxes.

[@terri200026]

True, but 99% of those the mob buried were other mob members and other crooks and criminals. They mostly buried those who were taking money from them, it would bad for business to bury those who were giving them money. Mr and Mrs Joe Citizen were pretty safe, after all they were the cash cow that kept the money rolling in.

[@tomweickmann6414]

@@themanfromphoto It's called creative financing.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Yes but you could get a delicious buffet dinner for 98 cents.

[@teachgold]

Gangsters owned the town and it was classy.

[@miketubbs1198]

No sneeze guard at THIS buffet!

[@leelevingate]

They're fishing out bodies from Lake Mead in 2023 that were submerged when this film was created.

[@rjvrj2134]

Cement shoes can be recycled because they last a long time underwater and one size fits every ex-member of the family, no deposit...no return.

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

Ah, the halcyon days of Mafia run Vegas.

[@jamesgrant9858]

How much is the golf course worth today 165 acres

[@CrabbyOldLady]

Do they even have diving boards at the pools anymore?

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Safety hazard as young people of today will be flooding the hospitals with diving accidents.

[@evillangbuildsmc2468]

Liked

[@carmelbrain7399]

good

[@papabits5721]

Speaking of professionals , hahahahhahaha

[@gelmann2]

1954 or 1955

[@Thorvelt]

Gina's dive was so anticlimactic!

[@chrome_tape]

This is the generation that created our current day reality of plummeting wages, horrid artificial suburbia, crumbling infrastructure ignored the second it was built in the 50s and an atmosphere decimated by CO2 emissions from a generation that wanted everything and wanted it now. Not an ounce of foresight into what they built for their kids and grandkids. Unlimited recreation. Thanks guys!

[@hiker64]

It was the generation after with Reagan that killed wages, made education a profit center, and did away with protections against corporate greed. The generation in this film wanted everything but they had earned it by sacrificing during WWII and Korea. They had foresight. Just later unbridled Capitalism and greed killed it.

[@TheMabes69]

I bet you're fun at parties

[@chrome_tape]

@@TheMabes69 What's your idea of a fun party

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

Well at least that generation created basements in your parent’s house that you could live rent free.

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

Being overly paranoid about folks stealing your content with that obnoxious and distracting timer, plastered practically in the center of the screen is totally unnecessary.