Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
2005 · 77 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · DIR. Stephen Ives
Overview
Traces the often surprising, endlessly entertaining history of the country's most outrageous playground. Interviews with Las Vegas insiders as well as everyday citizens in search of the American Dream chronicle how Las Vegas transformed itself from remote frontier way station into the Depression-era "Gateway to the Hoover Dam," then into the mid-century gangster metropolis known as "Sin City," and finally into a family vacation destination and the fastest-growing city in the United States.
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00:00:42 American Experience with captioning is made possible
00:04:12 And once you get here and see what else they have,
00:07:21 We can beat them."
00:11:18 dude ranches for prospective divorcées...
00:15:07 NARRATOR: Within a matter of months,
00:18:27 OFFICIANT: I think that some of the ministers
00:21:31 These guys came here and they created a rival racewire.
00:24:32 they could open a place that would be beyond the city limits
00:27:37 it was like a morality or ethical car wash.
00:31:30 or who they were with
00:34:28 Las Vegans, meanwhile, awaited their turn with amusement.
00:37:45 It was the way I grew up.
00:40:11 rips through a small country called Korea.
00:43:56 And so it fits right in with tourism.
00:47:42 It represents all classic Las Vegas...
00:51:57 1950's, the rise of the national highway system,
00:55:39 there was an annual Miss Atomic Bomb beauty contest.
00:59:21 "a smart business hype," noted LIFE magazine,
01:02:57 or am/pm or anyplace else without there being slots.
01:06:31 It was a given if you were African American,
01:09:28 They could either concede
01:12:39 to set a major motion picture in town:
01:16:05 There he is, folks.
01:22:09 and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and:
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Lines indexed1,348
Dialogue density17.5 lines / min
First line00:00:42
Final line01:22:09
Production Record
DirectorStephen Ives
LanguageEnglish
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