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. 😎
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 !
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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!
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
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....
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.
*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'.
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⚜ How about that?! Yeah, you're right. She's parked out by that end of the parking lot where the employees parked.
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
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.
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.
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!
International Hotel. Was where Elvis performed. From 1969. And throughout the 70s.
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⚜ Well, unless a couple of people bought their cars early, this was in 1969. I saw a 1969 Cadillac Sedan deVille and someone below, said they saw another 1969 vehicle.
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.😅
Frontier sign advertising Beverlee and the Sneakers. Best lounge band ever in Las Vegas. In the 80s they were known as Sidro’s Armada. Those were the REAL Vegas days. Affordable, unique, fun. No corporations reviewing your play history to determine your “worthiness” for comps. No wallet-draining restaurants and entertainment.
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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. 😎
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 !
So many wonderful memories of a Las Vegas that no longer exists. Thank you
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
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.
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.
Gary wells too.i was there for both.
I was 5yrs old in 68. My parents and Gramma use to go alot and take me. I love old Vegas
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.
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.
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
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
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.
I thought Elvis headlined at The International in August of 1969? His first shows at the International were in August.
Great video ! My family moved to Vegas in 1967, the video shows the Vegas I fell in love with. THX FOR SHARING...♡
My house was 4 years old,Circus Circus was brand new then,lots of desert just like I saw growing up!!
What memories...thank you!
Precious footage
I truly miss this Vegas
Wow I totally remember the giant Aladdin now that you show it. Ahhhhhh memories.
I love the Hoover dam footage!
Awesome video! It’s so neat to see how it used to look. Thank you for sharing!
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!
World wouldnt be the same without
LAS VEGAS. ❤️
Thank you for this amazing video.
awsom video thank you for the memories.
So very cool to see all this. I totally remember it!! It was so vastly different then!!
Thank you for giving us a glimpse of old vegas
Amazing. In the middle of a desert, this ...CITY! It must have been mind boggling. Thanks for the history show .
Absolutely beautiful
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
Very True 🎉
I miss the old portions of Vegas that I do remember...
Thanks for the post. A city and area that is much changed.
@Mark Challed Yes, with the exception of Circus Circus... It opened in 1968.
I was there only last week. Crazy. Looks cooler back then
I was there last week also 🎉
wow it's nice to see my hometown .in the year i was born amazing
I was born there in '68, just after Evel Knievel missed the landing at Caesars.
Really?
I can’t imagine another US city with the exception of NYC that has more pictures available in any year lol
Ouch..I remember that.
.... happy hap birthday!
Born here in Vegas “76” we’re natives!
I love this so much. The International is in this so 1969 onward is my guess. Nancy Sinatra definitely headlined there that year.
Yes it opened July 2nd 1969 with Barbra Streisand as the Headliner
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.
15 years before I was born at women's hospital, which no longer exists like most of these buildings. Pretty interesting!
You are very beautiful 😍
69 Chrysler in parking lot so this film is likely September 68 at earliest. Thanks for posting
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the video, nice to see the good old days!
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....
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.
@@biggawinnacrapsa3870 That was just mean and unnecessary 😑
Loved cleopatras barge !!🤩
*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'.
⚜ How about that?! Yeah, you're right. She's parked out by that end of the parking lot where the employees parked.
I saw Nancy Sinatra at the International Hotel. I don't remember the exact year, but it may have been 1968.
It's interesting to see that the International hotel turned into the Las Vegas Hilton
Think you so much 🤗❤👍
Judging by the cars in the parking lot, this is at the earliest 1969.
It's probably 68 because Elvis' name would have been on the International sign in 1969.
So Classic
Beautiful video amazing
Thanks 🙏 for this video
Awesome footage 🤩👍.
Love the music...
Great video .... thanks!
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.
i got recomended this while listening to "I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
" it's beautiful
From master Tiger "Thompson taekwondo las Vegas I came here in 1994 but this video is Amazing
great video Thank you!
At 0:45 the Griswalds were there!
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
Just think all those cars in the parking lot are now big dollar collectables!
Thank You
Love this music
Wish we could go back
I congratulate you on a well done vid
That golf course was the Desert Inn.
That's what I was thinking 😊
The pga tour. There. They’d shoot 8 under each round. -28 would be near the top. With the conditions there.
It was the Dunes course. Tons of dwarf palms, windy and right off the freeway on the back nine.
Harry and Lena ! Wish I could go !
Interesting video thanks
Cool👍vid💕 wow before lv Hilton it was international hotel
A much better place to visit back then. So overwhelming with way too much high density and a lot less lights
Starring Hunter S. Thompson
Beautiful memories friends god bless you
Several of the names on the signs date this to late August-early September 1969
Vintage las vegas yes
I would not want to be in Vegas in August or July or most of June or the first half of September.
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.
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.
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⚜ Was this taken around Christmastime? The music added, sounds like a Christmas tune.
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!
International Hotel. Was where Elvis performed. From 1969. And throughout the 70s.
⚜ Well, unless a couple of people bought their cars early, this was in 1969. I saw a 1969 Cadillac Sedan deVille and someone below, said they saw another 1969 vehicle.
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.😅
I was there then....it was a lot of fun...Today...eh....
The Circus Circus didn’t open until 1970,and I see 1972&1973 Lincoln Continentals in this footage.
No, it opened in October 1968. I was a senior at Valley High at the time.
wrong!
The good ole Vegas...
Frontier sign advertising Beverlee and the Sneakers. Best lounge band ever in Las Vegas. In the 80s they were known as Sidro’s Armada. Those were the REAL Vegas days. Affordable, unique, fun. No corporations reviewing your play history to determine your “worthiness” for comps. No wallet-draining restaurants and entertainment.
Built Circus circus October 1968
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.
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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
No, go ahead! Give this channel credit and send me a royalty check if you ever make any money!
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
The good old times in the real U.S.A.
Great video, just wished the music hadn't been added. Would have been fine with no sound.
Then mute the video?
@@XXtheJUMPoffXX exactly lol. Pretty simple solution
That was in it’s prime, down hill ever since
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.
Family truckster spotted
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?
No, there wasn’t.
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.
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.
Judging by the cars I would say 1970 or later
I saw a '69 Cadillac Sedan Deville so it wasn't 1968, lol
Imagine it sitting in pool with drink watching an explosion in the distance
Wow...even then Circus Circus was still a DUMP.
They still have the same carpet.
carpetcowboy58 imagine the bedspreads.
It was brand new in '68. They didn't have hotel rooms until 1972.
@@oldiesgeek454 Oh, I was wondering why the hotel was missing in the background.
@@kenttyler1243 Yes, it is strange that they didn't build the hotel part at the same time they built the casino.
1850s School, Great
0:42 looks like a 69' or 70 Chrysler 300.
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.
Stay Puft!!!
What did they smear all over the lens chicken grease? Its all blurry
Bro it's from 1968
@@vintagevegas9067 oh