Rare, newly unearthed, Las Vegas - 1955 Wilbur Clark promotional film - Desert Inn

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markum jones

markum jones

Күн бұрын

This rare early Las Vegas Promotional film was recently unearthed and converted to digital - The film is circa 1955 - The film promotes the Desert Inn club and Las Vegas in general as the place to be... The new vacation destination hot spot. Great early scenes of Vegas, interior of the Desert Inn - Hollywood Actors, Lake Mead, Valley of fire etc..

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@havitcold
@havitcold 23 күн бұрын
Old Las Vegas was much nicer and exciting than today's version
@LesterMoore
@LesterMoore 22 күн бұрын
Like the way the generation that survived the Great Depression and straight into WWII knew how to relax in style and elegance when their time to reap the rewards of their hard scrabble lives. The men wore sport coats with nice shirts, trousers and polished shoes during the day and suits at night. The ladies broke out cocktail dresses and beautiful hairdos. Class ... pure class. Not like today when slobbery, homeless, street hustlers and weirdos run the streets. Of course the Mob wouldn't let street urchins spill over onto Fremont Street and the budding Strip.
@desertfalcon
@desertfalcon 14 күн бұрын
I agree
@dadevi
@dadevi 11 күн бұрын
​@@LesterMoore The Mob were the street urchins.
@jebronlames7789
@jebronlames7789 Ай бұрын
Blessed I got to enjoy vegas at it's last great days 70s and 80s. Frank. Sammy, Foster, Red,Jerry,Dean,Lola,great days back then
@joelonzello4189
@joelonzello4189 Ай бұрын
Downtown before they covered it over. Vegas better in the 80's early 90's.
@JeanS-hi8sf
@JeanS-hi8sf 28 күн бұрын
Thank you for your wisdom and how classy people dressed always I miss those days when people cared ❤
@denisemilder9514
@denisemilder9514 Ай бұрын
Beautiful 1954 Packard
@yvonneplant9434
@yvonneplant9434 Ай бұрын
There's a beautiful Packard bldg in downtown Philadelphia. It's now a residence but has a Packard in its lobby. ❤
@Porsche996driver
@Porsche996driver 16 күн бұрын
I thought maybe it was a Buick Special (like the cars on Highway Patrol). Love that wild blue-green color! I mean this video was really well done and IT DIDNT MENTION GAMBLING!!
@shimaohana
@shimaohana 20 күн бұрын
My mom loved the Desert Inn. She use to drive or take the train to Las Vegas. She used to run the blood drives up at Nellis Air Force Base for the Red Cross back in the 1950s. She was the head of Red Cross in Southern California back then. What a great historic video. It’s interesting to know that the lake is very low and 1955 as well.
@kevinfestner6126
@kevinfestner6126 Ай бұрын
At 2:20 that 54 Packard Carribean Convertible is like wow!
@Porsche996driver
@Porsche996driver 16 күн бұрын
Yeah it’s amaaaaazing ha
@hugh-johnfleming289
@hugh-johnfleming289 Ай бұрын
I played a few rounds there back in the '80s and remember thinking how beautiful all the trees were... And one of the greatest luxuries I have ever enjoyed was a shave at their barber shop.
@rmx01indiana
@rmx01indiana Ай бұрын
What a time capsule!
@lightyear999
@lightyear999 Ай бұрын
The color of that car is fantastic! And with amazing white walls. Nowadays we're lucky to get a blue car. Style in this country has been "blanded" down to nothing. So sad.
@EdDunkle
@EdDunkle Ай бұрын
Yup. 80% of the cars in the US are black, white, or silver.
@atleeriksen8514
@atleeriksen8514 Ай бұрын
"..where dinosaurs and other animals of the stoneage lived". What a gem this film is. The walldecor, the clothes, the people, The 54 Packard .!!" And that yellow shirt with black trim that Mr. Clark wears. I juts got to have me one of those👌
@gingerriviera3654
@gingerriviera3654 Ай бұрын
This wss fun to watch. I always love seeing the cars and fashion of the time.
@dittohead7425
@dittohead7425 Ай бұрын
I liked the old Desert Inn. When I got stationed here in 85', it was "Old School" it still had some of the old individual bungalows around the pool area. Reminds me of the old Landmark, ,The Oasis, The Frontier....I remember walking the strip and where the Mirage was was a huge dirt lot that had a helicopter tour company on it. The convention center looked like a UFO. The Marina was still open, which became the east/west wing of the MGM. Ah, good ole days...
@Super_Chief
@Super_Chief Ай бұрын
I loved the comment that McCarren Field boasts 35 flight a day! That same airport now handles about 1,400 flights per day! ✈
@jerrysanders9101
@jerrysanders9101 Ай бұрын
I can’t believe they changed it to Harry Reid airport.. guy was an absolute filthy shady politician
@Super_Chief
@Super_Chief Ай бұрын
@@jerrysanders9101 Years ago, I got stuck hitchhiking in the middle of summer (when it was 115 degrees) right at Harry Reid’s driveway in Searchlight, NV where there was zero shade for miles. I watched his aids pulling in and out of his driveway all day long as I was standing there, and not so much as one person had the decency to stop and ask me if I needed any water. With all of the cameras that were pointing at me, it was quite obvious they were aware of my presence there. Had I not finally gotten a ride, I could have literally died at Harry Reid’s driveway. Yep! Ol’ Harry Reid was sure a sweetheart alright! 🤬
@paulgerrard9227
@paulgerrard9227 Ай бұрын
35 flights with 25 passengers. Now 1500 x 250 plus
@mannacler
@mannacler Ай бұрын
You put yourself in that situation. Harry Reid didn't owe you Jack-shiite.
@Super_Chief
@Super_Chief Ай бұрын
@@mannacler That may very well be. But would YOU sit there in your air conditioned mansion and watch somebody die of heat exposure at the end of YOUR driveway?…..Yeah, you probably would.
@Shopwrecker
@Shopwrecker Ай бұрын
Wilbur Clark on the phone with the Bonanno and Gambino Mafia families 😂😂😂😂
@billl1127
@billl1127 Ай бұрын
Close, It would be the Chicago Outfit.
@pittsburge88
@pittsburge88 Ай бұрын
More like Tony, "The Ant."
@billl1127
@billl1127 Ай бұрын
@@pittsburge88 Tony "The Ant" Spilotro was only 17 in 1955. But Tony, "Big Tuna" Accardo may have been on the line.
@pittsburge88
@pittsburge88 Ай бұрын
@@billl1127 The mob starts grooming their members when they are very young. The Ant very well could have been on the line.
@whatever_it_takes6691
@whatever_it_takes6691 19 күн бұрын
​@@billl1127and technically the Anastasia family as well. Gambino didn't take over until '57.
@kendalson7100
@kendalson7100 27 күн бұрын
Nice film. They were REALLY pushing that golf course. It's still there to play if you got the big $$$. The old DI was very very nice.
@jim7297
@jim7297 25 күн бұрын
I love it. No luggage, just golf clubs. They must be going home that night.
@mattmayo3539
@mattmayo3539 Ай бұрын
Cool how the Wynn and Encore retained the golf course out back.
@juliebransfield529
@juliebransfield529 21 күн бұрын
Love the ladies in heels and fancy dresses hiking the desert😂
@Vintagegolfwear
@Vintagegolfwear 20 күн бұрын
Unreal footage. I’m going to share on my page. Thanks for posting.
@Madness832
@Madness832 Ай бұрын
Someone made a Vegas travelogue film w/o once mentionin' the word "casino." Imagine that!
@gablefisk-govphost817
@gablefisk-govphost817 Ай бұрын
Three years before my grandmother went to work at DI - thanks for sharing!
@beachbeauty7199
@beachbeauty7199 Ай бұрын
"Mr. Clark and his 'Associates',".....lol....i.e., the Mob.
@michaelillingworth7476
@michaelillingworth7476 Ай бұрын
Informal atmosphere at the painted desert room looks very formal for 2024 standards.
@Lockbar
@Lockbar Ай бұрын
This is excellent. Thanks for uploading it!!
@Hanover-ek4jy
@Hanover-ek4jy 22 күн бұрын
Now it hits 120 degrees in the summer!
@dodgingbullets3503
@dodgingbullets3503 29 күн бұрын
🎭A time when men were men and women were women, cars had class and color. Love the old times, the nice casinos and motels...Tku for this...
@joegoldman3065
@joegoldman3065 25 күн бұрын
In those wonderful old times there was no such thing as c.T scanners on my rice, scanners and women had no chance in life other than to be possibly a nurse.Or a teacher now that can be engineers , executives and everything we live in way better times
@Porsche996driver
@Porsche996driver 16 күн бұрын
When men were men and sheep were scared.
@longfade
@longfade Ай бұрын
This is terrific, thanks 👍👍
@mrmarkreviewsit
@mrmarkreviewsit Ай бұрын
Imagine a resort owner interested in projects that benefit the people of Las Vegas and its tourists! Nowadays it's corporate greed and the middle finger to the people who visit as well as the people who live here.
@joethompson297
@joethompson297 Ай бұрын
Corporations have shareholders and all they care about is how much you made last quarter and how much more are you going to make this quarter. Sad, but that’s the reality
@johntechwriter
@johntechwriter Ай бұрын
This phenom is known as late-stage capitalism. The point where the shareholders’ absurd demand for non-stop profit results in the ruthless executive culture that caused Boeing’s fall from grace. The next world-leading corporation soon to collapse under its own weight? Apple.
@Buckshot9796
@Buckshot9796 Ай бұрын
Mr. Clark had shareholders, funny they all had Italian last names.
@CrabbyOldLady
@CrabbyOldLady Ай бұрын
Nice to see that Valley of Fire was a big deal even back then. This was 30 years before Red Rock Canyon became a National Conservation Area, so it wouldn't have been mentioned.
@toneshop
@toneshop Ай бұрын
wHOLE lotta smokin' going on!
@Porsche996driver
@Porsche996driver 16 күн бұрын
💨🚬
@DEESANT-oc9xf
@DEESANT-oc9xf Ай бұрын
This is great!
@JimJones762x39
@JimJones762x39 Ай бұрын
love this
@hawlikd
@hawlikd Ай бұрын
Wow 35 flights per 24 hours, boy that is really busy eh!
@fob1xxl
@fob1xxl Ай бұрын
Great video !
@generator6946
@generator6946 24 күн бұрын
Golf clubs as carry ons!
@whereisthedollar
@whereisthedollar Ай бұрын
No need for a change of clothes or underwear, as long as you have your golf bags and clubs.
@patricias5122
@patricias5122 Ай бұрын
People were so well dressed.
@joelonzello4189
@joelonzello4189 Ай бұрын
Casinos should have kept a dress code. Full of trashy people now.
@MelywoodMedia
@MelywoodMedia 17 күн бұрын
I would go if it was still like this. I have no desire to go today.
@zekeonstormpeak4186
@zekeonstormpeak4186 Ай бұрын
Look at the tub ring on lake mead. Even then, the lake wasn’t full.
@stephenwilliams7574
@stephenwilliams7574 14 күн бұрын
As a teen, my family around 1971 drove the Las Vegas strip. Seemed like all the hotels had a golf course. I guess water wasn't a shortage then.
@Nigelrathbone1
@Nigelrathbone1 Ай бұрын
No mention of the gambling revenues that built Las Vegas
@kendalson7100
@kendalson7100 27 күн бұрын
Many Americans at that time thought gambling was bad, so the LV Tourism Authority used to promote the resort activities (golf, pools, horseback rides in the desert) instead.
@Porsche996driver
@Porsche996driver 16 күн бұрын
@@kendalson7100 Many Americans were right. Look at all the Sports gambling and Apps, and lotteries that are just a tax on the poor.
@billl1127
@billl1127 Ай бұрын
Mr. Clark only lived to 56, dying in 1965.
@theo3000
@theo3000 Ай бұрын
Nice find!
@HighTonnage
@HighTonnage Ай бұрын
Narrated by Peter Graves.
@Dr.Pepper001
@Dr.Pepper001 Ай бұрын
I respectfully disagree.
@jdm1505
@jdm1505 Ай бұрын
Actually Hugh Douglas, who, it seems, narrated every documentary in the 50s. But yes, there is a similarity in the voice.
@BeckVMH
@BeckVMH Ай бұрын
@@jdm1505. Yep, I can hear the similarities.
@tomcox22
@tomcox22 25 күн бұрын
Awesome
@AzzekaTheRealOne
@AzzekaTheRealOne Ай бұрын
The country club is still beautiful.
@whatever_it_takes6691
@whatever_it_takes6691 19 күн бұрын
This is old timey
@coughcpr3911
@coughcpr3911 Ай бұрын
@11:30 "Through the magic of our camera..." switched to a macro lens pointed at a post card of the Hoover Dam because they wouldn't let us get the damn boat any closer.
@lawnmower3699
@lawnmower3699 Ай бұрын
The Desert inn has heart The Desert inn has heart...santa claus actually comes and gives us our money back!!!
@johntechwriter
@johntechwriter Ай бұрын
Shades of Albert Brooks’ 1985 comedy “Lost in America” where a couple seeking freedom from middle-class convention stay overnight in Vegas. Albert Brooks is at his neurotic best, sleeping in their low-rent honeymoon suite as wife Julie Hagerty loses their nest egg in an all-night gambling binge. His discovery of their new-found poverty culminates in his attempt to persuade the casino’s manager, who resembles what today would be considered a “made guy,” to return their nest egg in exchange for an advertising campaign authored by Albert’s character. A minor comedy classic.
@helloitsmehb
@helloitsmehb Ай бұрын
Haha. “Nest are now called round sticks and eggs are called things over easy”
@pigdroppings
@pigdroppings Ай бұрын
Jet planes were introduced in about 1960.....so propeller driven planes were normal in 1955.
@joes9577
@joes9577 Ай бұрын
Now girls, look your prettiest; remember there's a cameraman aboard.. -And if your kids give ya any lip, You can Beat em' with a sack of Sweet Valencia Oranges. It won't leave a bruise, and it'll let em' know who's Boss.
@miamivicefanatic9736
@miamivicefanatic9736 Ай бұрын
Did they have slot machines back then? I really wish they showed the casino. That is one thing that is missing from all of these old-time films of Las Vegas.
@billflynn8229
@billflynn8229 Ай бұрын
if I remember correctly there was another film about the DI. The ending had a fella stick a coin in a slot machine and finally hit a jackpot with coins pouring out......I saw this when very young in a local movie theatre....
@markumjones4158
@markumjones4158 Ай бұрын
here are one or two others on KZfaq - this one here is a new one - been buried in someones storage
@bonwatcher
@bonwatcher Ай бұрын
Back when bench seats in the car were luxury, men had the flat stomachs and were skinnier than the full-figured women and smoking was allowed anywhere. I bet the lady sightseeing flicked her cigarette butt next to the rock formation and it's still there.
@davidpowellseattle
@davidpowellseattle Ай бұрын
A fresh pack of cigarettes and a strapless dress are all you need to visit the wilderness. Pack some extra lipstick and hair spray, just in case...
@twistoffate4791
@twistoffate4791 Ай бұрын
Lmao. ​@@davidpowellseattle
@AzzekaTheRealOne
@AzzekaTheRealOne Ай бұрын
When America had better morality and self respect ❤
@EdDunkle
@EdDunkle Ай бұрын
When Americans weren't fat.
@edgarruiz8504
@edgarruiz8504 Ай бұрын
And if you decide to stay. Go look at the models at the Glen Heather Estates subdivision. 🙂
@Porsche996driver
@Porsche996driver 16 күн бұрын
No mention of gambling?! 😅 But this was really well done to create interest!
@faustinreeder1075
@faustinreeder1075 24 күн бұрын
Back when Las Vegas was fun And cheap. Bring back the mob! The food was better and beers weren’t $10 dollars!
@UnknownHomie
@UnknownHomie 12 күн бұрын
Now this city is a cesspool
@charlesroberts8803
@charlesroberts8803 Ай бұрын
Did the two men who got off of the plane lend their car to two call girls so they could go to the park in the desert? Maybe they stole it and their wallets after they slipped them a Mickey.
@PatrickSmith
@PatrickSmith 24 күн бұрын
I got off the plane in July 2024, and was immediately confronted with endless slot machines which made it impossible to even get away from the gate. It took 20 minutes to go about 100 feet away from the gate. Slot machines are preferred over people at the airport. I strongly recommend avoiding it at all costs. Unless you want to lose money in the slots.
@mickeybitsko1676
@mickeybitsko1676 21 күн бұрын
Pete graves VO?
@scatrrr
@scatrrr Ай бұрын
No VD in those days.
@Dr.Pepper001
@Dr.Pepper001 Ай бұрын
Oh yes there was.
@Boblobblaw88
@Boblobblaw88 28 күн бұрын
How to advertise a cabal/mob ran money collection machine. And the sheep pile in. Great job, sheople!
@stevenphillips3466
@stevenphillips3466 Ай бұрын
But if I kill all the golfers , they will lock me up and through away the key ?
@steves7896
@steves7896 Ай бұрын
QUICK! Someone tear this video down and build up a new one!
@ShakespeareCafe
@ShakespeareCafe Ай бұрын
They're golfing in 100 degree heat and unrelenting Mojave sun.
@samuelfleischmann5710
@samuelfleischmann5710 29 күн бұрын
No mention of Gambling?!
@RTD3
@RTD3 Ай бұрын
No mention of gambling....😂😂
@VEGASMYWAY
@VEGASMYWAY Ай бұрын
Class no kids and well dressed patrons ah if only
@hombre1965
@hombre1965 25 күн бұрын
Ahh, the whimsical world of gangsters and call girls!
@mickeybitsko1676
@mickeybitsko1676 21 күн бұрын
Hoffa deep sixed for not wanting to give out with more to mob for this😺
@johndelorean2284
@johndelorean2284 Ай бұрын
Find myself wondering if they purposely left gambling out of this promotion as a form of positive propaganda.
@dvader3263
@dvader3263 Ай бұрын
Cameras or picture taking was not allowed inside the casinos decades ago, for regular patrons at least.
@CatDaddySteve
@CatDaddySteve 21 күн бұрын
NUKE EXPLOSIONS: You could literally lay at the pool in the evening and watch nuclear bombs go off out at the test sight in the desert North East of Vegas
@Dr.Pepper001
@Dr.Pepper001 Ай бұрын
1955 -- the year the Mafia started burying their enemies in the desert.
@kosmokramer1
@kosmokramer1 Ай бұрын
So much smoking. Surprised the dancers weren’t holding cigarettes while they performed…
@LauraVee63
@LauraVee63 Ай бұрын
Give me a break; my mother smoked in grocery stores when I was a kid. Don't know how old you are, but you should do some research. Your comment indicates you're shocked at this!
@dennislodermeier1741
@dennislodermeier1741 18 күн бұрын
@@LauraVee63 did she smoke in church too ?
@gerger5670
@gerger5670 21 күн бұрын
I love hearing McCarren! Not barfreid!
@leo9lives
@leo9lives 10 күн бұрын
I bet Wilbur's wife picked his secretary
@philipchiu9835
@philipchiu9835 7 күн бұрын
When the mobs ruled las vegas 😅😂
@dennislodermeier1741
@dennislodermeier1741 18 күн бұрын
they forgot to mention the legal prostitution
@rexwall2000
@rexwall2000 Ай бұрын
yayanothergolfcourse
@user-mf7zn4ed9u
@user-mf7zn4ed9u Ай бұрын
FLY IN GET A ROUND OF GOLF GO HOME.....HOW WAS YOUR DAY DEAR???.... GRUELING....JUST WORK,WORK,WORK!!!!....POOR DEAR HERE'S YOUR DRINK JUST RELAX DINNER WILL BE READY SHORTLY...YOUR SUCH A WONDERFUL WIFE... I'LL THINK I'LL KEEP YOU...OH...THANK YOU DEAR...AH THE 50S YEAP.....😳😳😳
@davidtaliaferro
@davidtaliaferro 25 күн бұрын
Wow, what old bullshit. What built Las Vegas was GAMBLING. Not golf courses, picnics, or floor shows. Not one scene of slots, craps, black jack, roulette.
@mnblkjh6757
@mnblkjh6757 Ай бұрын
🤔wonder if people of color were even allowed in 👎☹️
@if6was929
@if6was929 Ай бұрын
Probably not.
@MrMikeTauber
@MrMikeTauber Ай бұрын
AI-ish voiceover
@FYMASMD
@FYMASMD Ай бұрын
Vegas in the first 30 years was great. Absolute lack of class since the seventies. 87 year old man remembers a city where people had manners and didn’t dress like a bum. Too bad you never saw Vegas when it was worth seeing.
@HisAssholiness
@HisAssholiness Ай бұрын
35 flights a day to 500 ... pop 38k to 2.9 million
@bbdc1977-sg8dc
@bbdc1977-sg8dc 8 күн бұрын
BACK WHEN IT WAS AN ADULT PLAYGROUND ! NOW IT'S AS BAD AS DISNEYLAND ! WHAT A MESS !
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