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

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.

I agree

​@@LesterMoore The Mob were the street urchins.

Downtown before they covered it over. Vegas better in the 80's early 90's.

There's a beautiful Packard bldg in downtown Philadelphia. It's now a residence but has a Packard in its lobby. ❤

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!!

Yeah it’s amaaaaazing ha

Yup. 80% of the cars in the US are black, white, or silver.

I can’t believe they changed it to Harry Reid airport.. guy was an absolute filthy shady politician

@@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! 🤬

35 flights with 25 passengers. Now 1500 x 250 plus

You put yourself in that situation. Harry Reid didn't owe you Jack-shiite.

@@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.

Close, It would be the Chicago Outfit.

More like Tony, "The Ant."

@@pittsburge88 Tony "The Ant" Spilotro was only 17 in 1955. But Tony, "Big Tuna" Accardo may have been on the line.

@@billl1127 The mob starts grooming their members when they are very young. The Ant very well could have been on the line.

​@@billl1127and technically the Anastasia family as well. Gambino didn't take over until '57.

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

When men were men and sheep were scared.

💨🚬

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

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.

Mr. Clark had shareholders, funny they all had Italian last names.

Casinos should have kept a dress code. Full of trashy people now.

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.

@@kendalson7100 Many Americans were right. Look at all the Sports gambling and Apps, and lotteries that are just a tax on the poor.

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.

Haha. “Nest are now called round sticks and eggs are called things over easy”

I respectfully disagree.

Actually Hugh Douglas, who, it seems, narrated every documentary in the 50s. But yes, there is a similarity in the voice.

@@jdm1505. Yep, I can hear the similarities.

When Americans weren't fat.

here are one or two others on RU-vid - this one here is a new one - been buried in someones storage

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...

Lmao. ​@@davidpowellseattle

Oh yes there was.

Cameras or picture taking was not allowed inside the casinos decades ago, for regular patrons at least.

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!

@@LauraVee63 did she smoke in church too ?

Probably not.