Las Vegas 1982 archive footage

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Las Vegas 1982 archive footage

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Archival footage shot by Otto Wolf, a Swiss filmmaker, while visiting the USA in 1982.
It contains stock footage of Las Vegas: daytime traffic in the strip, the Hilton hotel, people walking in the street, hotels and casinos signs in the strip, neon signs at night, and more.
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@arnettfiles340 Ай бұрын

These old videos are like a fine wine the way they age.

@jonnydanger7181 11 ай бұрын

My first trip to Vegas was in 1987 so I can relate to this and how awesome it once was 👍

@Footageforprocom 11 ай бұрын

So cool!

@JosePlata 11 ай бұрын

Vegas was way better when the mob ran Vegas. The comps were way better. Free rooms. $2.95 dinner buffets. Free drinks on the floor. They knew how to take care of you.

@hi_wifi_guy 9 ай бұрын

They knew alright, just check the thousands of holes they dug in the desert.

@steveferguson823 4 ай бұрын

Yes agreed.

@imilliemedina666 3 ай бұрын

Everything was better. Sad to say but even the drug scene. And look at payday loans. Worse today than so-called loan sharks.

@Locutus 2 ай бұрын

People say that, but Mob Vegas is completely different to Modern Vegas. Las Vegas is so popular today, why bother being good value when millions of people are coming, with numbers increasing every year?

@eddieerickson3348 2 ай бұрын

You can still get good comps downtown especially fremont and the cal. Overrated covid took almost all of the buffets away. Too bad

@lyswn7052 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. How fabulous.

@Footageforprocom 11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@paulnicolosi4792 11 ай бұрын

Between 1974 and 2005, I worked as a musician there, as well as in Reno, Lake Tahoe and every other god forsaken casino across the Nevada high deserts. It was heaven and hell, but I loved every minute of it. After 911, the steady work started to dry up, so I moved over to cruise ships, working around the world. Those were great times for working musicians…

@acelarson1872 11 ай бұрын

Cool! Tell us a good Vegas story!

@Skerboysweet 4 ай бұрын

Working musicians haha your a grown man you haven’t made it yet you never get a real job

@Chameleon-wq4ul 8 ай бұрын

I like those old Las Vegas videos, especially from 50's and 60's. The city looks much better than nowadays. It had a retro charm unlike nowadays.

@discostu5426 11 ай бұрын

Vegas when Vegas was Vegas,

@steveferguson823 5 ай бұрын

Yes. Agree.

@gregorymckinney666 10 ай бұрын

I remember my grandmother taking me there for my 21st birthday great times back then

@redfireroush 11 ай бұрын

I was living there in 1982. I was stationed at Nellis AFB at the time from 1982-1984.

@davehue9517 11 ай бұрын

Wow.... Las Vegas should bring back the $2.95 buffet...

@Locutus 2 ай бұрын

That's about $10.25 in modern money. The Southpoint has a buffet similar to that price.

@imilliemedina666 Ай бұрын

@@davehue9517 here in Atlantic City, buffet at Borgata is $50. I used to get comps when Boyd ran the place, now table players get nothing since MGM took over.

@jonnydee3 5 ай бұрын

Was great to see Vegas of this time frame !! I was stationed out west and the weekend trip with USO was forever memorable .

@johncarapinha5600 4 ай бұрын

Fort Irwin??

@jorgedebarros 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful footage, great music.

@Footageforprocom 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@neogaki 8 ай бұрын

@@Footageforprocomwhat’s this music? Why no credit?

@rayneuy3273 11 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@Footageforprocom 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@Yashua227 3 ай бұрын

Just left Vegas two days ago and I miss it already

@mistervacation23 Жыл бұрын

All those gals walking around tight shorts, are now using a walker to get around

@TheDanceOfTX Жыл бұрын

They would only be in there late 50s early sixties

@histubeness 11 ай бұрын

@@TheDanceOfTX I agree with you, but it's they, not the, and their, not there.

@TheDanceOfTX 11 ай бұрын

@@histubeness auto correct doesn’t alway work that well professor

@histubeness 11 ай бұрын

@@TheDanceOfTX First off, Dance, it was meant as a simple corrective, not a criticism. If our roles were reversed, I would have just thanked you. It doesn't require a professorship to point out simple spelling errors. And I see you've now edit corrected your the to they, but not your there to their. --But that's up to you.

@TheDanceOfTX 11 ай бұрын

@@histubeness 🙄🙄🙄

@joegideon8461 11 ай бұрын

Somewhere Lefty Rosenthal is telling a chef to put an even number of blueberries in each muffin.

@tripbreaker 11 ай бұрын

Do you know how long that would take?

@1911FanBoi 2 жыл бұрын

Corporations came in and turned it mainstream. Sad.

@SAsh-zg6ln 11 ай бұрын

I mean I’m pretty sure the mafia owning it wouldn’t have made it much better

@AckzaTV 10 ай бұрын

u mean bigger mafias came and took it from smaller mafias?

@histubeness 11 ай бұрын

Should have positioned the watermark in a corner, rather than the middle of the screen.

@orererererererereo8yearsag855 3 жыл бұрын

My father went to Las Vagas in 1980 for playing casino Best place ever

@LongJohnHolmes 3 жыл бұрын

And he came back?

@orererererererereo8yearsag855 3 жыл бұрын

@@LongJohnHolmes No his visa is expired in 1981 But he can’t go to America during visa expiration I would love to go America

@cassandrafine6373 11 ай бұрын

My first trip to Vegas was in the summer of 1982. Loved seeing those memories, especially Fremont Street.

@VegasYouTuberSteve 11 ай бұрын

Good stuff.. Thanks 👏👏

@stevesmith756 14 күн бұрын

Haven’t gone to Vegas in 10 years and not going back

@TravelSpy4k 2 жыл бұрын

i wonder if there is videos of inside of the casinos that are not here anymore, just get an idea of the buildings that are not there, and just to see that would be great, what a beautiful city

@shaneicereed3120 Жыл бұрын

It was

@shaneicereed3120 Жыл бұрын

I Wonder that too

@DanielDGordon 10 ай бұрын

Las Vegas notoriously prohibited filming inside their casinos back during that old time era unfortunately. Very few videos exist.

@pmafterdark 3 жыл бұрын

Vegas back in the good old days before ruination.

@EricPetersen2922 3 жыл бұрын

Music? Great video 😀

@dancaroll29 10 ай бұрын

Peaceful and orderly

@caj1119 9 ай бұрын

$1.95 for a lunch buffet and $2.95 for dinner! They are speaking my language

@stickbrick8219 10 ай бұрын

High prices on food drink and lodging leaves this working guy no money to gamble…..

@gregorymckinney666 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@tommartin4089 Жыл бұрын

The Silverbird Casino Closed Down 40 Years Ago And Then Became El Rancho Hotel And Casino And Bowling Center

@shaneicereed3120 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@Footageforprocom Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@noconsentgiven 10 ай бұрын

It would be cool if they could re-spawn some of the legendary casinos down on the Fremont strip or the area. They would be smaller of course and could host world class impersonators that represent those acts from the era of that casinos heyday😮🥲. It could be a down to the button mockup of the original casinos. Almost like an interactive museum. That would be marvelous!!

@jeanhansel5805 3 жыл бұрын

Fremont Street was the best parr of Las Vegas back in the day. Those neon lights on Frement were fabulous. Fremont Street in its heyday was the perfect blend of glitz and over-the-top kitchiness. IMO it was ruined when it was covered and a zip line added. It has become a cheap Disneyland-like side attraction. I'm old enough to remember when people used to dress up in Vegas at night; no t-shirts or flip flops in the days of the Rat Pack!

@shugardad 10 ай бұрын

The Treasury? You got me with that one. Never heard of it. Good video though. Thanks!

@Footageforprocom 10 ай бұрын

No problem!

@bobegan2121 10 ай бұрын

Turned into a gay place

@gregorymckinney666 10 ай бұрын

My mom (RIP) went there and found $5.00 slots for the first time

@elihubildad6677 9 ай бұрын

I used to arrive in Vegas back then with a few dollars and leave with a full stomach and five to ten times more money.

@roachtoasties 11 ай бұрын

Those $2 and $3 buffets are long gone (I'm factoring in inflation). For the same price back then you'll pay more for a Big Mac Meal. Now, for a below average buffet at a place like Excalibur, it will set you back about $30. Also, don't get me started about hotel room prices with "resort" and "destination" fees on top of that. Today they milk you for every dollar you got, even before you set foot in the casino.

@jimkeskey 11 ай бұрын

Plus some tack on parking fees.

@roachtoasties 11 ай бұрын

@@jimkeskeyI forgot that. It wasn't that long ago that you could drive in and out of strip hotels' parking garages for free.

@jasonpinson8755 9 ай бұрын

Good archives thanks.vegas yesteryear.

@jeffreyverspaget4353 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful this all to see I was in dear time 6 years old the te 80ths whas and is whan of the most beautiful time for me and I saw a lot of buildings that now is away terrible but I remember me that for ever best regards Jeffrey ☘️🌞☕😘🌴.

@greg6924 2 ай бұрын

When Vegas still had a personality

@IMAN-hc3fz 3 жыл бұрын

What is the background music sir?

@nyccollin 3 жыл бұрын

I shazamed it and it just comes up as LO-FI KZfaq

@MarcelaR-dh1ok 7 ай бұрын

That's how the mob rolled. They knew how to throw a party

@donaldgalardi9813 11 ай бұрын

what's with the background talk?

@deanvoss7098 8 ай бұрын

The first place I stayed when I went to Las Vegas was a place called the Riviera and it was across the street I think from Circus Circus... It was so much better back then..less traffic.. better comps...better gambling...less fees like resort and parking... wtf happens to Vegas..?? Way too expensive for what you get and what you have to put up with such as homeless people and traffic.. the gambling was horrific and maybe that is why the casinos were pretty much empty... yea I went last year for the first time in like 10 years and all I can say is what a difference and I doubt I'll ever go back

@c.s.mcleod7383 10 ай бұрын

The Silver City Prime Rib $4.95 after 4:00p.m.

@dilippatel3268 9 ай бұрын

good old says

@steveferguson823 5 ай бұрын

Was. In Las Vegas. With Lady friends. We go shopping. They go to 80s concets was loud. Are ears rang. For days miss 80s Las Vegas. When las Vegas was good.

@pigdroppings 3 ай бұрын

Because of the greedy corporations and the Union..the $3 buffet now costs $40

@user-li6mi6xz2v 9 ай бұрын

Did you see the sign at one minute and 23 seconds in this video at the gas station. Mobil regular gas only one dollar and 23 cents a gallon. Those days are far gone. LOL

@user-nj5yq3vb7s 8 ай бұрын

I swear I was born in the wrong Era. I missed 70s LA, 80s Vegas, & 90s New York smh

@jimkeskey 11 ай бұрын

Nowadays the strip is all about retail shopping and condos.

@TRDOffRoad2020 10 ай бұрын

and Hookers.....

@EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME 25 күн бұрын

“The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland. And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Today, it's like checking into an airport. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. Today, it's all gone. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some 25 year old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And where did the money come from... Junk Bonds”.

@jobobperry 11 ай бұрын

Gas was $1.19 with buffets under $20 and so on; now the properties are so expensive the owners have to raise prices and lower payouts, charge fees for everything and no comps. Plus, what happened to the show girls? I miss handling the cash, too. These hotels were not built buy the winners so there must be a few losers going there now-a-days. Not that i every won too much but I had fun!

@user-ys2wp4cr9g 11 ай бұрын

$1.19 from 1982 in todays money is$3.76, so you're paying the same for gas.