Sorry to hear about Dad, Mom and little brother. I hope you're doing okay. How exciting must it be to be able to see this video and know you were there during this time and being around to witness all the changes. I love to see videos from yesteryear. It’s amazing how quickly time moves and how quickly things change. GOD Bless you!
I’m blown away. Awesome footage and memories for me. I saw the Staple Singers at the Sands in 72. Went to Vegas every summer with my family. I was 17 that year. The dinner shows were fantastic. I saw Sinatra, DeanMartin, Sammy Davis, Elvis (77), Red Fox, and so many others. Thanks for the memories ✌🏻
What's amazing is that despite this being 50 years ago, some of the performers on the big signs are still alive, Steve Lawrence, Shecky Greene and Wayne Newton! If anyone cares, the car they are in is a 1967 AMC Ambassador Four Door Sedan, I had one in the exact same blue color!
Oh my goodness, to think I been living here since 1975 and all the buildings and high rises now, I only see them on the internet even though I live here, never could stand it when they started to make a Circus out of Vegas and I am not talking about Circus Circus, lol!
We were married there in 1974! Just two years after this film. For all it is worth, it looked exactly like this. It was so much more fun and actually much much cleaner in every way. The Italians actually did a wonderful job managing it and it was actually much more classy than it is today. We are still married, in love, and go back to capture it , but it is now so much different. Only in our minds and hearts, ( and this snapshot in time) is it the same. I much prefer the way it was.
The first time I went to Las Vegas what's for the grand opening of circus circus at the late 60s. I always liked it much better the way it was very exciting and desert ish
We stopped in Vegas back in 72 on our way to Detroit. Rolled up in 1970 Pontiac stationwagon, stopped for dinner at the Hacienda , what a deal on New York Steak. My Dad put a silver dollar in a big Slot by the entrance, no luck, we laughed, got gas and hauled ass for Utah in an awesome thunderstorm on the way out. Full serve gas too , with coffee to go. GOOD Times
Life was so much simpler and much more pleasant than today's. People had manners, dressed nice and were civil towards each other. Unlike today where people are at each other's throat constantly which high crime rates everywhere and stress filled days from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed. I wish I was born in the era.
I miss jumping up + down in the hose that rang the bell to alert gas station employees to a customer pulling in.. or alert em to us kids hoppng up and down.. I COULDN'T resist that , even close to age 30 ,I still HAD TO , get out if my car and "" accidentally" 😄jump on bellringer as soon as heads were turned away. Heehee😏😄!! 🌌🌠🌘🌙
my friend went to unlv in '72 after we played football together at jr college socal-- when i came to visit i bought a 5 gallon water bottle full of pennies--all of us kids would play slots all night long on the penny slots-none us was 21--they did not care--when we hit a jackpot(5 bucks maybe) we would all hoot and holler-they served us drinks--it was a blast unlike today--breakfast was like 19 cents!! we were laughing all night even those who did not drink(mormon kids..) fun stuff-- all those movies were made about our life,hot girls,hot cars,skiing the mountains,surfing in socal and we were polite,not hooligans at all---go to bishop amat vs blair in '69 state championship,u tube,--many kids went pro,major college off those two teams--we were badass,52 years ago!!! it went by so fast....
Unfortunately , like many countries we stopped making our quality, characterful products and exchanged them for low quality, cheap products from you know where. And, in the greedy search for lower costs and higher profits (without a thought to quality) we exported our jobs, skills and infrastructure. A sad indictment on the Western world.
This was almost 10 years before I was born but I appreciate how every casino/resort was its own majestic property. Not shoved in between 5 different skyscrapers with an M&M's store and a Burger King at the front door. Casino entrances in this video had men in tuxedos opening the door for you to make you feel like a star, valet parking, waiters offering a cigar and a refill for your flask. I wish I had been alive to experience Vegas that way.
My mother and I moved to Vegas in 1969 I was 12 years old and I grew up and lived there for 40 years and that really brings back memories and in 72 I was a junior in school and that was nice to watch my mother worked at Circus Circus for 25 years... she got the job the day the casino opened. Thank you for the ride down memory lane.
I was 20 years old the summer of 72. I remember me and 2 buddies went to Vegas a few times that year. We'd play $1 blackjack all night, then hit the 99 cent breakfast special at 6 am, oh those were the days.
@@jwwj30 Unfortunately, no. The camera was too jittery. I was still a teenager in 1972 and if I remember correctly gas was $.33 a gallon (makes me sad). Upon rewatching this video I also saw Gulf, Texaco, and Mobil. IIRC I had a Phillips 66 credit card back then 🤓
My dad ran the Stardust back then. I worked the front desk. It was such a simple, complex, fun time to live there, locals hung out in the same places, and most all people in the industry knew each other. You sure can’t walk across the street on the strip anymore. I could go on and on….but those days are gone…..
I didn't get to the Stardust until the 90's when I worked the Starlite Lounge on a recurring basis. Good times! We always stayed in the back 40's where they had the drive-up type rooms separate from the main hotel towers. I was told that area was once a rv type park layout previously. To see it gone now leaves me cold inside. And Industrial Road? Impossible to recognize.The City never sleeps!
@@leomannpictures those rooms, in December, we’re $4.95 a night. All the hookers would rent them out. I worked the Front Desk and would lock out about 15 rooms a night cause they couldn’t even pay the $5.00. The campers were on the west side of the property. At one point I worked there too.
Came to Las Vegas 50 years ago & everything was so simple,quiet & not a lot of crimes.There was only few major casinos on the strip.No traffic & mostly tourist from out of town came to see entertainment.Now,it’s totally a different ball game & brutality,crime,drugs are all over & I myself are even afraid to visit the strip because of the congestion & not knowing what’s waiting for you!!!!I missed the old days….😌
Keith thank you a million for posting this home movie from 50 years ago! I remember we visited Vegas in 1969, I was 9. Dad had a business meeting in L.A and we tacked on a family vacation; mom, sis, dad and I jumped in his company car, a 1969 Impala. We left Denver, made a pit stop in Salt Lake City; then Vegas for a couple days; stayed at the Riviera, checked out Circus Circus, then on to L.A....Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland. Magical places at a magical time.
@@KeithGraham Love your movies. My dad had been to conventions there and he and mom were actually at the Sands when Basie and Sinatra were there in 65. My first trip was in 75, junior year in college when I had turned 21 and we drove out from Boulder. Not much of a gambler but you could eat for next to nothing and see Elvis at the International. I went back about every five years or so and it's really true that each time it's a different city.
@@HM-vk8bd I don’t think that’s true. The whole world has gone the wrong way. This video is just a reminder of how simple and special the world was once.
My father was only 2 by then and predates my mom by a year. Damn, things in the '70s were VERY different. Much simpler era compared to what we see nowadays. But that was the age of big metal cars with great V8s.
Just got back from a week in Vegas for work. Last time I was there was 2013. I thought the city changed a lot, but man, this really puts some perspective on it! Honestly, 70’s vegas looks like the one I would visit on my own.
Born at Sunrise Hospital 1977. My dad was a Bell Captain at the Sands from 57-82. These videos make me wish I was born 10-15 years earlier to really enjoy this version of a once great city.
“SAMMY”. One name says it all. I’d love to see him there. All of these one to two floor hotels feel so homey. I am a comic and I worked both the Stardust and Rivera before they were tore down. Spending weeks at a time in a hotel with nothing to do you really get to explore it. The abandoned food courts, the empty bars. I live Vegas now, but I’d love to go back then, and see what kind of good time I could find myself in. Thank you for uploading. This is a beautiful documentation of early 70’s history. It’s funny, whomever shot this probably thought,”let me have some fun with my silly little camera”. Not realizing that they were documenting history. Beautiful.
My paternal grandma's maiden name was Downs. She died before I was born, but I met her sister who remained single until she died; Downs was always her surname. Wishing you well.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS GEM OF A VIDEO DOWN MEMORY LANE BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES & BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES I ARRIVED IN LAS VEGAS IN MARCH 26 1971 50 YRS & 7 MONTHS AGO AS I ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT AT 9A.M. BY I: 52 P.M. I WAS ALREADY HIRED AT THE OLD FRONTIER && REMAINED WORKING THERE OVER 47 YRS UNTIL 2018 ...I LIVE ON 4TH ST & GARCES ST 2 BLOCKS FROM CHARLESTON BLVD & LAS VEGAS BLVD CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN...
OMG, looking at Vegas forty years ago, holy cow, check out all the signs of businesses and stuff that no longer exist, ENCO, Sambos restaurant, the low cost of things, how nice to rent a car for $9 a day, .09 a mile, that's the good old days, the cars were big and looking good, what a time the early seventies, the strip was way different than today, wish we could go back to those days, a less expensive world!!!!
@@dannydougin3925 Phillips 66 left California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona Washington and Utah in 1975 not on the west coast anymore i live in Petaluma California Gulf is just new England states now I have a collection of old signs and gas pumps and oil cans this is how i know this!
I was around 12 when this old Vegas scene was filmed. I remember it looking like what is depicted in this video. My SoCal Pop Warner Pee Wee team went to Vegas to play a post season match up with a team from here that very same year! Doesn't look anything like this anymore!
This was the year I saw Vegas for the first time in my life at the ripe ol’ age of 21! I was there with 200 other route salesmen from the Denver Dr Pepper group (Gooding franchise). We stayed at the original MGM hotel and saw Roy Clark the first night and Roger Miller the next. I’ve been back to Vegas many times before retiring (2015) after 38 years of OTR trucking. I have to say I liked it a lot better THEN than I do now. If I had to choose between Vegas and Laughlin today it’d be Laughlin hands down! Thanks for the memories! ~Jim~
@@americancowboy9388In my eyes, the modern social media platforms fu¢ked the world up big time. Because everyone and especially women because they are the top attention seekers, could suddenly express themselves, show off, influence others, boost their ego, talk $hit and upload thrash videos and some even get rich while sitting on their couch at home. And that's not good at all, we can see the results these days very clearly. Younger generations totally addicted to their smartphones. Oh well ... born in 1972 I'm glad that I lived my childhood in the late 70's and in the 80's and my youth in the 90's. As from the year 2000 onwards, I see it as having been one continuous downward spiral when it comes to humanity in general in developed countries. Peace ✌️
When I moved there with my mother we lived in an apartment so there was a gang of kids we all hung together all those years up through high School and all of the kids were from somewhere else Vegas was too new I guess you could say for the kids to have been born there yet everybody had come from somewhere else and it's such a simple little town. those were the best years of my life in that little town of Vegas. We used to cruise Fremont Street when I was in high school.
Wow.. Slots O' Fun and Circus Circus are in the same spot and basically look the same today. Did the Motel marquee on one of the motels say $3.99/night? Damn, those were the days...
My family used to drive from LA to Denver to have a proper Christmas with family. We often stopped in Vegas so my dad could go to the blackjack tables. There used to be a place in a strip mall, maybe it was downtown, where there was a snack bar separated from a ton of slot machines and tables. Can't remember the name, but we used to get pizza and shrimp cocktails there. I think they sold them at a loss to bring in gamblers. In fact, a couple decades later, I remember blowing a wad at "Slots of Fun," shown in the video. Of course, many of us have been to Caesar's Palace-probably the only big casino that's still there. *_Thanks for the memories!_*
I couldn't care less about the Las Vegas strip, but looking closely at all those beautiful cars of the '60s era is the stuff dreams are made of. I saw a 60s or 70 Mustang oncoming, glimpses of like an older GTO or 442, and a few 1960ish Chevys and pickups. But no luck on spotting a Shelby Cobra or Dodge Daytona - they would have been the real things, not kits or "tributes".
@@generationless6942 Oh yeah. Love the '67-'69 Cougars. Around 1977 a neighborhood friend had a '69 w the 351 Cleveland engine. Way cool car then. Sequential taillights. I even love saying it.....351 Cleveland.
I was 9 years old when this was filmed and at the time my oldest sister was married to Sammy Davis Jr's cousin and we used to drive to Vegas quite a bit. We were never told up front we were going so that we would go to bed as normal but, got woken up in the middle of the night to pile into the station wagon. Once on the road we fell back asleep and the adults didn't have to listen to us. Ingenious. Anyway, seeing the Sammy sign at The Sands and seeing Circus Circus brought back memories.
@@davestewart2067 I think it was about that time. That just reminded me of when I played in the last Mark and Brian celebrity golf tournament in Southern Cal about 15 or more years ago. I met Steve Lukather of Toto and his golf bag had The Candyman and a big candy cane on it. I told him about my brother-in-law and said if he ever got rid of that bag I would love to have first dibs to bring it back to the family. No luck on that to this day.
I remember driving the strip in 1972 while on a week end vacation. When you went to a show you had to wear a suit and tie. We stayed at the Algiers on the strip.
Man I remember the Stardust, 99-cent breakfast just like the Biltmore in N. Tahoe. Eggs sausage potatoes and toast plus coffee. Where the hell do you find that in 2021? Gasoline was $0.25 a gallon
You will probably love Mexico then as the cartels hold sway over significant aspects of that country. Yes who would not prefer governance by barely literate thugs.
I went to Vegas in 1963 when I was a kid. We stayed at the Sands I think but I remember there were no tall building back then it was basically flat . There was the flamingo and the Sands and probably the stuff on Fremont of course but the strip seemed like a bunch of small motels. Now its unrecognizable man.
I was there in around 1972 to 1974, and stayed at a place called the Marina Hotel. I don't know if it still exists, but someone told me awhile ago, it was torn down and rebuilt. I was with my girlfriend, and we stayed at her aunts house in Santa Monica, very close to the beach. All I can say is I remember some fancier buildings, and I believe I played poker or black jack at the MGM, which stood out from other places, and was quite fancy. Haven't been back tho. Very nice to see this video. Went in July, and it felt like a blast furnace, getting out of the car.
This brings back memories ! I wasn’t much of a gambler but I told myself I would spend $20.00 and no more ! I played black Jack and slot machines until I had only change in my pocket ! I went to the airport to head back home from my business trip. There was a nickel slot machine ( remember those ) so I put 5 cents in and won 95 cents before my flight left for home . I went out a winner ( so to speak ) ! 😂 Darn good 8mm movie camera you had to make this footage ! 👍
Thank you so much my friend. You brought back the wonderful memory. The Silver Slipper Casino Gambling Saloon where my older sister won a $200 jackpot that seemed back then so much money. It was so wonderful to go and visit back then.
Just found this channel 🥰. here I am reliving 1972 August 9th in the back seat of my mom and dad's car. I am 14 years old on this exact trip with my G AF super 8 mm camera. This is 👍 awesome. Great memories. thanks 😊
That was great. I was born and raised there. Born in 74, I've since moved to Oregon for some time now, but it's nice to see old familiar places. My dad worked at the Sands hotel in the Copa Room and my mom at the Desert Inn.
Life was still busy, commercial and chaotic even then. But at the same time, more equitable, greater income distribution (for most). Look at all the mom and pop outfits, the local businesses. The personal computer, the smart phone, the internet didn't exist. Not an SUV or monster pickup anywhere. I'd trade today's world for that world anytime. 1972, I'll always love you.
Oh wow, this brought me down memory lane. I used ride down Paradise Valley Rd going to high school in the 69 Those were the good old days back. It sure has changed alot, now I probably won't be able to find where I used to leave.
every summer from the mid 60s to the early 70s our family would drive to las vegas from orange county california. we always stayed at the sahara hotel. i was too young to gamble or see the shows,but hanging around the pool,and walking up and down the strip was great fun. nothing like the las vegas of today. i miss those old hotels.
Very Cool! My Parents took me to Las Vegas shortly after Circus Circus opened, around 1969-1970. I was about 9 or 10, and had a blast! We went back at least once after that. Thanks for sharing the memories!
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We just moved here in '72 I'm still here, Dad, mom just passed away in January my little brother all gone, I'm still here in Vegas! So many changes.
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Keep living man
Sorry to hear about Dad, Mom and little brother. I hope you're doing okay. How exciting must it be to be able to see this video and know you were there during this time and being around to witness all the changes. I love to see videos from yesteryear. It’s amazing how quickly time moves and how quickly things change. GOD Bless you!
God bless you brother, probably 80percent of the people we see in this video are gone too
Just keep on keepin' on as we used to say back then!
Blessings to you on your losses!
I’m blown away. Awesome footage and memories for me.
I saw the Staple Singers at the Sands in 72. Went to Vegas every summer with my family. I was 17 that year. The dinner shows were fantastic. I saw Sinatra, DeanMartin, Sammy Davis, Elvis (77), Red Fox, and so many others. Thanks for the memories ✌🏻
I've been going to vegas every summer since 1990
What's amazing is that despite this being 50 years ago, some of the performers on the big signs are still alive, Steve Lawrence, Shecky Greene and Wayne Newton! If anyone cares, the car they are in is a 1967 AMC Ambassador Four Door Sedan, I had one in the exact same blue color!
Haha awesome.
I did wonder when I saw the hood ornament. Thanks!
I had a rootbeer colored one 1969 when I was 22 yrs old.. I drove it to work at the Excalibur when it first opened.
Shecky and Steve both passed since rip
As the film moved down the strip I really enjoyed re-living places I worked at in Vegas during the 70's. I'm 76 now and really miss those grand times.
What are you doing on RUclips lol don't you have a hobby
Whenever I see footage of the 70s and see young people in their 20s, I think 'they'd be in their 70s now' and I think 'doesn't life go by fast?'
@@Inaworldoflove nah
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@@Garu611 nah
Wish we could go back then
Me too the quality of life was much better not like today,tech sure did a # on our nation
Oh my goodness, to think I been living here since 1975 and all the buildings and high rises now, I only see them
on the internet even though I live here, never could stand it when they started to make a Circus out of Vegas and I am not talking about Circus Circus, lol!
No thanks
I do, because that was what my parents grew up in.
@@LITTLE1994 My parents grew up dealing with overt racism and Jim Crow. Romanticizing about history isn’t an option for some.
No loud rap music and hip hop blasting from gang bangers cars. Must have been heaven.
And all those beautiful cars. Not a EFI system in sight - all real carburetors operating on simple atmospheric pressure.
We were married there in 1974! Just two years after this film. For all it is worth, it looked exactly like this. It was so much more fun and actually much much cleaner in every way. The Italians actually did a wonderful job managing it and it was actually much more classy than it is today. We are still married, in love, and go back to capture it , but it is now so much different. Only in our minds and hearts, ( and this snapshot in time) is it the same. I much prefer the way it was.
The first time I went to Las Vegas what's for the grand opening of circus circus at the late 60s. I always liked it much better the way it was very exciting and desert ish
*I was 6 yrs old
@@americancowboy9388 I hate this time I see life in the '90s, '80s, and '70s so wonderful I wish I wasn't born in 1999 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Yer the Italians had a big desert out the back to take the trash out 😅
Looked so much simpler and enjoyable than today.
vegas was way better in the 70s n 80s.
Hate it now. Adults smoking marijuana on the strip with their pants half down.
yes I agree it was way more enjoyable I use to love slots of fun and loved the Riviera
@@driver4011 Definitely. I was there in '81 and it was much nicer then.
Perception for the time share salesmen up and down the street trying to rope you in it was a much better experience and a cheap vacation.
We stopped in Vegas back in 72 on our way to Detroit. Rolled up in 1970 Pontiac stationwagon, stopped for dinner at the Hacienda , what a deal on New York Steak. My Dad put a silver dollar in a big Slot by the entrance, no luck, we laughed, got gas and hauled ass for Utah in an awesome thunderstorm on the way out. Full serve gas too , with coffee to go. GOOD Times
Thumbs up for the Pontiac wagon…
I envy you. I wish I could have experienced Vegas in those times. Peace and blessings
Life was so much simpler and much more pleasant than today's. People had manners, dressed nice and were civil towards each other. Unlike today where people are at each other's throat constantly which high crime rates everywhere and stress filled days from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed. I wish I was born in the era.
You are 10000%true
My parents went to see Elvis and Tom Jones as much as they could back in 1972! They always stayed at Circus Circus!!
I love to see the old gas stations Enco , Gulf and Phillips 66
There's a few Phillips 66 here in Moline IL
Mobil
I miss jumping up + down in the hose that rang the bell to alert gas station employees to a customer pulling in.. or alert em to us kids hoppng up and down.. I COULDN'T resist that , even close to age 30 ,I still HAD TO , get out if my car and "" accidentally" 😄jump on bellringer as soon as heads were turned away. Heehee😏😄!! 🌌🌠🌘🌙
ARCO 🥴
@@timseidel584 Arco is still in business we have there gasoline stations here in California
my friend went to unlv in '72 after we played football together at jr college socal-- when i came to visit i bought a 5 gallon water bottle full of pennies--all of us kids would play slots all night long on the penny slots-none us was 21--they did not care--when we hit a jackpot(5 bucks maybe) we would all hoot and holler-they served us drinks--it was a blast unlike today--breakfast was like 19 cents!! we were laughing all night even those who did not drink(mormon kids..) fun stuff-- all those movies were made about our life,hot girls,hot cars,skiing the mountains,surfing in socal and we were polite,not hooligans at all---go to bishop amat vs blair in '69 state championship,u tube,--many kids went pro,major college off those two teams--we were badass,52 years ago!!! it went by so fast....
Love all the American cars
So do I. What happened to us as a country?
Unfortunately , like many countries we stopped making our quality, characterful products and exchanged them for low quality, cheap products from you know where. And, in the greedy search for lower costs and higher profits (without a thought to quality) we exported our jobs, skills and infrastructure. A sad indictment on the Western world.
What are these "American cars" you speak of?
Watch the video. They are everywhere!
Detroit Muscle!
This was almost 10 years before I was born but I appreciate how every casino/resort was its own majestic property. Not shoved in between 5 different skyscrapers with an M&M's store and a Burger King at the front door. Casino entrances in this video had men in tuxedos opening the door for you to make you feel like a star, valet parking, waiters offering a cigar and a refill for your flask. I wish I had been alive to experience Vegas that way.
My mother and I moved to Vegas in 1969 I was 12 years old and I grew up and lived there for 40 years and that really brings back memories and in 72 I was a junior in school and that was nice to watch my mother worked at Circus Circus for 25 years... she got the job the day the casino opened. Thank you for the ride down memory lane.
I was a JR in high school in 72 too. (66 now) We visited LV in 1970 went in circus circus. My aunt & uncle were school teachers in LV.,
I'd love to have gone there back then, back in the days of $2.00 buffets, etc.
In May of 1972, the breakfast buffet at The Mint downtown was 49 cents. Lunch buffet was 79 cents. Dinner buffet was 99 cents. Just sayin....
We could still go back to $2 buffet, if we all go out protest USA dollar fiat currency in front of white house. Fiat currency that's the root cause.
They had those $2 buffets in the 80s
Downtown Vegas definitely has some buffets in that price range that are surprisingly satisfying. Not great, but good enough.
I was 20 years old the summer of 72. I remember me and 2 buddies went to Vegas a few times that year. We'd play $1 blackjack all night, then hit the 99 cent breakfast special at 6 am, oh those were the days.
I'm here for the vintage cars
Who else is here for 60s n 70s classic cars 🚗
Man I was just in Vegas in January and this video looks like a totally different place.
The idea of a gas station on the Vegas strip seems so strange now. In this video, there’s nearly one on every corner
And they always recommended tires. "You're not going very far on those tires, are you?" (California plates)
Conoco and Enco - that’s two names I haven’t heard in decades.
Pat Fulton, plus Phillips 66. How much was a gallon, could you see?
@@jwwj30 Unfortunately, no. The camera was too jittery. I was still a teenager in 1972 and if I remember correctly gas was $.33 a gallon (makes me sad). Upon rewatching this video I also saw Gulf, Texaco, and Mobil. IIRC I had a Phillips 66 credit card back then 🤓
ARCO
This is called cruising in some classic rides. nothing like the shit that's on the road today.
True Fred. Nowadays nothing but huge boxes with wheels on the roads.
OMG!! some old haunts in this one... Tower of Pizza, even that crappy castaways.. This is the vegas I miss.
Yes!! the Tower Of Pizza (WOW)...I miss Jasper what a great guy
They had all the great stars back in those day's, dean martin Sinatra davis joey Bishop, wayne newton.
Extremely beautiful cars .
Sad to see roads filled with foreign branded CUVs today.
Yup those were the years. Times have changed sadly.
My dad ran the Stardust back then. I worked the front desk. It was such a simple, complex, fun time to live there, locals hung out in the same places, and most all people in the industry knew each other. You sure can’t walk across the street on the strip anymore. I could go on and on….but those days are gone…..
Best rooms at the Stardust.
I didn't get to the Stardust until the 90's when I worked the Starlite Lounge on a recurring basis. Good times! We always stayed in the back 40's where they had the drive-up type rooms separate from the main hotel towers. I was told that area was once a rv type park layout previously. To see it gone now leaves me cold inside. And Industrial Road? Impossible to recognize.The City never sleeps!
@@leomannpictures those rooms, in December, we’re $4.95 a night. All the hookers would rent them out. I worked the Front Desk and would lock out about 15 rooms a night cause they couldn’t even pay the $5.00. The campers were on the west side of the property. At one point I worked there too.
@@carries1412 Amazing story! Since we're on the subject I thought I'd offer this: ruclips.net/video/8CylJEbgc8k/видео.html
@@leomannpictures I sure do. Lol
I remember all of this , got to Vegas in 1965. Was a great place to live back then.
Came to Las Vegas 50 years ago & everything was so simple,quiet & not a lot of crimes.There was only few major casinos on the strip.No traffic & mostly tourist from out of town came to see entertainment.Now,it’s totally a different ball game & brutality,crime,drugs are all over & I myself are even afraid to visit the strip because of the congestion & not knowing what’s waiting for you!!!!I missed the old days….😌
Back when you could drive on the Strip and still get to your destination on time. Now it's nothing but a congested mess.
Keith thank you a million for posting this home movie from 50 years ago! I remember we visited Vegas in 1969, I was 9.
Dad had a business meeting in L.A and we tacked on a family vacation; mom, sis, dad and I jumped in his company car, a 1969 Impala.
We left Denver, made a pit stop in Salt Lake City; then Vegas for a couple days; stayed at the Riviera, checked out Circus Circus, then on to L.A....Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland.
Magical places at a magical time.
Many thanks, I'm privileged to have been able to film this and share it with so many of you.
@@KeithGraham yes, incredible! Today the dream sellers illusion from those days has gone for good.
@@KeithGraham I did not see Tony Spilotoro or his gang in this video hahaha
@@KeithGraham great CONTENT... thank you...I enjoyed it!
@@KeithGraham Love your movies. My dad had been to conventions there and he and mom were actually at the Sands when Basie and Sinatra were there in 65. My first trip was in 75, junior year in college when I had turned 21 and we drove out from Boulder. Not much of a gambler but you could eat for next to nothing and see Elvis at the International. I went back about every five years or so and it's really true that each time it's a different city.
Just left Vegas this past weekend. Not much from this era still exists in modern day Vegas. Such a shame.
Being born and raised here this makes me sad. It was so different when I was a kid. Now it has lost the magic.
Don't feel bad, it's gone in the wrong direction everywhere.
@@davidkuharich9269 its only lost the magic cause youre an adult now.
@@HM-vk8bd I don’t think that’s true. The whole world has gone the wrong way. This video is just a reminder of how simple and special the world was once.
Agreed, everything sucks right now. The 70’s and 80’s were amazing times
@@jptaylor nah, think about it. quality of life is higher than ever and we dont have polio. again, youre seeing it thru rose colored glasses.
My father was only 2 by then and predates my mom by a year. Damn, things in the '70s were VERY different. Much simpler era compared to what we see nowadays. But that was the age of big metal cars with great V8s.
Back when it was fun to walk the strip.
One thing for sure is this.The quality of the entertainment,music,and live shows was a lot better in those days!!!
Yes they were Kurt!
No gross rappers or auto tuned pop singers.
People always say that over the generations
@@whitesandandreef4919 And they are right..
@@duanescot ummm... sure, whatever u say
Just got back from a week in Vegas for work. Last time I was there was 2013. I thought the city changed a lot, but man, this really puts some perspective on it! Honestly, 70’s vegas looks like the one I would visit on my own.
Love the old cars!😎🇺🇸
Same here!
all american land yachts n muscle cars.....station wagons.
What an incredible time capsule! Thanks so much for sharing 👍
Many thanks, I'm privileged to have been able to film this and share it with so many of you.
Born at Sunrise Hospital 1977. My dad was a Bell Captain at the Sands from 57-82. These videos make me wish I was born 10-15 years earlier to really enjoy this version of a once great city.
Did you know Sunrise Hospital was built with $$ from the mob?
Oh to be back in the wonderful 70’s. Back when the country was strong and proud.
“SAMMY”. One name says it all. I’d love to see him there. All of these one to two floor hotels feel so homey. I am a comic and I worked both the Stardust and Rivera before they were tore down. Spending weeks at a time in a hotel with nothing to do you really get to explore it. The abandoned food courts, the empty bars. I live Vegas now, but I’d love to go back then, and see what kind of good time I could find myself in. Thank you for uploading. This is a beautiful documentation of early 70’s history. It’s funny, whomever shot this probably thought,”let me have some fun with my silly little camera”. Not realizing that they were documenting history. Beautiful.
My paternal grandma's maiden name was Downs. She died before I was born, but I met her sister who remained single until she died; Downs was always her surname. Wishing you well.
Yes Sammy the bull gravano was a great show 😅
Sambo? Lol
Sammy Hagar, rocked that venue. I was there ! Anybody remember The Prunes, on the strip ?
@josephlopiccolo3719 ha ha Van Gina 🤣
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS GEM OF A VIDEO DOWN MEMORY LANE BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES & BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES I ARRIVED IN LAS VEGAS IN MARCH 26 1971 50 YRS & 7 MONTHS AGO AS I ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT AT 9A.M. BY I: 52 P.M. I WAS ALREADY HIRED AT THE OLD FRONTIER && REMAINED WORKING THERE OVER 47 YRS UNTIL 2018 ...I LIVE ON 4TH ST & GARCES ST 2 BLOCKS FROM CHARLESTON BLVD & LAS VEGAS BLVD CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN...
I'm glad it brings back good memories.47 years working there wow.
Roberto you've REALLY seen all the changes! I know Vegas is heavily commercialized but back then ? Yes, still so many smaller local places to go.
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I live on 3rd and Garces.
Aww what an awesome comment, this warms my heart, I was born in Vegas and I still call it home. 💕💕💕
OMG, looking at Vegas forty years ago, holy cow, check out all the signs of businesses and stuff that no longer exist, ENCO, Sambos restaurant, the low cost of things, how nice to rent a car for $9 a day, .09 a mile, that's the good old days, the cars were big and looking good, what a time the early seventies, the strip was way different than today, wish we could go back to those days, a less expensive world!!!!
And Gulf And Phillips 66 gas stations
And Gulf And Phillips 66 Gas Stations
@@dougsilva8603 66 is still around.... not sure about Gulf.
@@dannydougin3925 Phillips 66 left California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona Washington and Utah in 1975 not on the west coast anymore i live in Petaluma California Gulf is just new England states now I have a collection of old signs and gas pumps and oil cans this is how i know this!
@Fat Albert wow yes 50 years on!
In July I have been here fifty years. This is the Vegas I remember most!
I was around 12 when this old Vegas scene was filmed. I remember it looking like what is depicted in this video. My SoCal Pop Warner Pee Wee team went to Vegas to play a post season match up with a team from here that very same year! Doesn't look anything like this anymore!
So with that said was there a lot of young people going to vegas back then.
Beautiful, if you compare it to modern 4k ultra hd footage of traffic, this would still look more colorful and the world just looks prettier.
2:25 La Concha. I remember staying there with my parents sometime in the 80s and going across the street to Circus Circus.
Elvis played many shows from 1969 to 1976....best times!!
I love these glances in the rear view mirror...a time capsule, so we can remember life before it became utter madness...😔
incredible how the strip has changed since 1972. doesn't look like the same street now.
This was the year I saw Vegas for the first time in my life at the ripe ol’ age of 21! I was there with 200 other route salesmen from the Denver Dr Pepper group (Gooding franchise). We stayed at the original MGM hotel and saw Roy Clark the first night and Roger Miller the next. I’ve been back to Vegas many times before retiring (2015) after 38 years of OTR trucking. I have to say I liked it a lot better THEN than I do now. If I had to choose between Vegas and Laughlin today it’d be Laughlin hands down! Thanks for the memories! ~Jim~
From the looks of it it seems like there was a lot of motels hotels and gas stations
This was when life was great. Nowadays everything is so worn
@@americancowboy9388 > Absolutely! 👍
@@americancowboy9388In my eyes, the modern social media platforms fu¢ked the world up big time. Because everyone and especially women because they are the top attention seekers, could suddenly express themselves, show off, influence others, boost their ego, talk $hit and upload thrash videos and some even get rich while sitting on their couch at home. And that's not good at all, we can see the results these days very clearly. Younger generations totally addicted to their smartphones. Oh well ... born in 1972 I'm glad that I lived my childhood in the late 70's and in the 80's and my youth in the 90's. As from the year 2000 onwards, I see it as having been one continuous downward spiral when it comes to humanity in general in developed countries. Peace ✌️
When I moved there with my mother we lived in an apartment so there was a gang of kids we all hung together all those years up through high School and all of the kids were from somewhere else Vegas was too new I guess you could say for the kids to have been born there yet everybody had come from somewhere else and it's such a simple little town. those were the best years of my life in that little town of Vegas. We used to cruise Fremont Street when I was in high school.
I'm loving looking at all the cars. Some of them are classics now.
Wow.. Slots O' Fun and Circus Circus are in the same spot and basically look the same today. Did the Motel marquee on one of the motels say $3.99/night? Damn, those were the days...
Sammy. At the sands. Steve and Edie. And how small were the casinos. For the most part. Crazy. Looking back. Rat pack. Sammy
That giant white fountain was cool looking. Wish that was still there.
I remember my parents coming home from Vegas in the 70's and their minds were blown by how outlandish it was LOL.
My family used to drive from LA to Denver to have a proper Christmas with family. We often stopped in Vegas so my dad could go to the blackjack tables. There used to be a place in a strip mall, maybe it was downtown, where there was a snack bar separated from a ton of slot machines and tables. Can't remember the name, but we used to get pizza and shrimp cocktails there. I think they sold them at a loss to bring in gamblers. In fact, a couple decades later, I remember blowing a wad at "Slots of Fun," shown in the video. Of course, many of us have been to Caesar's Palace-probably the only big casino that's still there. *_Thanks for the memories!_*
I couldn't care less about the Las Vegas strip, but looking closely at all those beautiful cars of the '60s era is the stuff dreams are made of. I saw a 60s or 70 Mustang oncoming, glimpses of like an older GTO or 442, and a few 1960ish Chevys and pickups. But no luck on spotting a Shelby Cobra or Dodge Daytona - they would have been the real things, not kits or "tributes".
Yes sir the Detroit pony cars! Mustangs, Chargers, Camaros, GTOs, Birds, Cudas!!
@@michaellombard894 Saw a Cougar in there too.
@@generationless6942 Oh yeah. Love the '67-'69 Cougars.
Around 1977 a neighborhood friend had a '69 w the 351 Cleveland engine. Way cool car then. Sequential taillights. I even love saying it.....351 Cleveland.
@@michaellombard894 I have owned a 67' Cougar XR-7 for the last 40 years.
You share my love of V8's I was lucky enough to own several of the the best ones in the UK for many years
Wow - thanks for preserving these great pictures. Back in my day - before the world turned crazy.
I remember Vegas back then. Damn, I'm old 😉
This brings back memories of father shooting 8mm films 🎥 🎞📽 back in the 1970’s in New Jersey, especially down the shore. Good 👍🏻 times 😎
I remember all of this. Dunes, Sands, Ceasar’s , Thunderbird, Circus Circus and the Stardust. Howard Hughes was their.
Been here 40 years so much better back then
Wow!!! I remember the strip being like in the video. I am getting really old 😩
I was 9 years old when this was filmed and at the time my oldest sister was married to Sammy Davis Jr's cousin and we used to drive to Vegas quite a bit. We were never told up front we were going so that we would go to bed as normal but, got woken up in the middle of the night to pile into the station wagon. Once on the road we fell back asleep and the adults didn't have to listen to us. Ingenious. Anyway, seeing the Sammy sign at The Sands and seeing Circus Circus brought back memories.
When did Candyman hit #1 - must have been right about that time
@@davestewart2067 I think it was about that time. That just reminded me of when I played in the last Mark and Brian celebrity golf tournament in Southern Cal about 15 or more years ago. I met Steve Lukather of Toto and his golf bag had The Candyman and a big candy cane on it. I told him about my brother-in-law and said if he ever got rid of that bag I would love to have first dibs to bring it back to the family. No luck on that to this day.
Love seeing the old cars how I remember them on the street.
I remember driving the strip in 1972 while on a week end vacation. When you went to a show you had to wear a suit and tie. We stayed at the Algiers on the strip.
I used to love going to Vegas every year. Now it's just buildings on top of buildings, people on top of people, and congestion everywhere.
Love this clip.
Man I remember the Stardust, 99-cent breakfast just like the Biltmore in N. Tahoe. Eggs sausage potatoes and toast plus coffee. Where the hell do you find that in 2021? Gasoline was $0.25 a gallon
That Stardust marquee was a work of art. And the Marlboro billboard has made me go back to smoking. 😄
I remember it exactly like it is in the video! Wow!! Thanks for the memories!
So true
I was working at the Golden Gate Casino downtown. Just learning to deal.
Born and raised in Vegas; 1968. This video is awesome! Lots of changes since. Thanks for posting.
? Could you tell the mob was running vegas back then or not.
I was 5 when this video was taken, I miss those day's honestly. Parents are both gone now. Simpler times. That huge Fountain was pretty cool.
I was only born in Kerry Ireland back in 72 honestly I think back then were better times , great video well done
Back when the mob ran Vegas and consequently it was cleaner, cheaper, safer, and more fun.
mob knew how to run it n ran it well. they laid down the foundations n built / established the whole place.
You will probably love Mexico then as the cartels hold sway over significant aspects of that country. Yes who would not prefer governance by barely literate thugs.
@@RoadTripzz14 Agreed. Which is why millions of Americans, seniors and others, are getting the heck out of the USA and moving south of the border.
@@RoadTripzz14 Will the UN or NATO be deployed there anytime soon
to determine the reason so many are fleeing?
And .... the slots were looser, plus you actually used real silver dollars (which are today worth about $25 a piece).
I went to Vegas in 1963 when I was a kid. We stayed at the Sands I think but I remember there were no tall building back then it was basically flat . There was the flamingo and the Sands and probably the stuff on Fremont of course but the strip seemed like a bunch of small motels. Now its unrecognizable man.
Omg! Almost every car and truck is a desirable model now!
I'm 68 y.o.and I remember this in real life. The Dennys in front of the Sands. Good memories from there.
I miss being able to walk the sidewalks without the barriers they have today
What happened to all of those beautiful signs. Wow that’s spectacular!
Wow, this brings back memories! This is exactly how I remember it
You're lucky your family saved their home movies from that glorious time! My family has to watch old Vega$ reruns!!😂❤
I was there in around 1972 to 1974, and stayed at a place called the Marina Hotel. I don't
know if it still exists, but someone told me awhile ago, it was torn down and rebuilt. I was
with my girlfriend, and we stayed at her aunts house in Santa Monica, very close to the beach.
All I can say is I remember some fancier buildings, and I believe I played poker or black jack
at the MGM, which stood out from other places, and was quite fancy. Haven't been back tho.
Very nice to see this video. Went in July, and it felt like a blast furnace, getting out of the car.
I love watching these old videos of the place that I drive around every day today.
This brings back memories ! I wasn’t much of a gambler but I told myself I would spend $20.00 and no more ! I played black Jack and slot machines until I had only change in my pocket !
I went to the airport to head back home from my business trip. There was a nickel slot machine ( remember those ) so I put 5 cents in and won 95 cents before my flight left for home . I went out a winner ( so to speak ) ! 😂
Darn good 8mm movie camera you had to make this footage ! 👍
Thank you so much my friend. You brought back the wonderful memory. The Silver Slipper Casino Gambling Saloon where my older sister won a $200 jackpot that seemed back then so much money. It was so wonderful to go and visit back then.
Just found this channel 🥰. here I am reliving 1972 August 9th in the back seat of my mom and dad's car. I am 14 years old on this exact trip with my G AF super 8 mm camera. This is 👍 awesome. Great memories. thanks 😊
Awww incredible memories!!! I live in Las Vegas NV.
Pretty cool to see what Vegas looked like when i was born..
Hubby was stationed at Nellis Airforce Base there at the time.
Said it was crazy fun
That was great. I was born and raised there. Born in 74, I've since moved to Oregon for some time now, but it's nice to see old familiar places. My dad worked at the Sands hotel in the Copa Room and my mom at the Desert Inn.
Life was still busy, commercial and chaotic even then. But at the same time, more equitable, greater income distribution (for most). Look at all the mom and pop outfits, the local businesses.
The personal computer, the smart phone, the internet didn't exist.
Not an SUV or monster pickup anywhere.
I'd trade today's world for that world anytime. 1972, I'll always love you.
Oh wow, this brought me down memory lane. I used ride down Paradise Valley Rd going to high school in the 69 Those were the good old days back. It sure has changed alot, now I probably won't be able to find where I used to leave.
Slots of Fun (thumbnail) is still there. I'm pretty sure that Dennys is too!
2:54 Kinda cool seeing the old Route 91 sign hanging!
Everything was a lot classier too. Thank you this brings back fond memories of my city.
Amazing.. wish there was sound.. what great video quality for '72.
This was shot on film...
every summer from the mid 60s to the early 70s our family would drive to las vegas from orange county california. we always stayed at the sahara hotel. i was too young to gamble or see the shows,but hanging around the pool,and walking up and down the strip was great fun. nothing like the las vegas of today. i miss those old hotels.
Very Cool! My Parents took me to Las Vegas shortly after Circus Circus opened, around 1969-1970. I was about 9 or 10, and had a blast! We went back at least once after that. Thanks for sharing the memories!