| Spring Desert Tour Las Vegas/Cars/1959 | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 234 |
| Catalog #: | 316315 | |
| Clip Number: | 316315-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 125 | |
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| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Amateur ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Home Movies RECREATION: Travel, Tourism, Sightseeing | |
| Description: | Homemade title card which is taped to the windshield of a convertible car. "Spring Desert Tour, DATE: 26-27 March: Sat. - Sun., DESTINATION: Yuma, Ariz and The Luxurious Hotel Stardust. Dining and Dancing at the Yuma Country Club" MS of the car (sign still taped to the windshield) and an older woman standing next to it leaning in as if she is looking for something. VS small identical red convertible sports cars (beautiful cars!). 04:02 POV from moving car on desert road, in mountains. 04:56 Travelling shot, POV of car driving on highway towrads camera. 05:05 All American Canal Bridge sign in front of small bridge over small canal. Pan of the canal and the more POV shos from the moving car as it drives over the bridge and back onto a desert highway, dotted with telephone poles. 00:05:38 white convertible sports car pulls off road into parking lot of the Hotel Stardust (sign in background boasting 214 rooms). Shot of sign and palm trees. Car pulls into gas station, VS people filing tanks with gas. Wide pan of hotel grounds. 06:34 CU sign: Hotel Stardust (shaky). wide pan of pool and hotel grounds, cars and a few people in parking lot. 07:12 MS of pool and poolside activities (people lounging, socializing). Group of people on lawn near pool. Not sure what is going on here but several people pose for a still photo and several others pose for the camera. 08:11 middle-aged woman in bikini smiles and walks by the pool with a towel, towards camera. 08:30 wide pan of landscape with small canal. 08:43 looks like a tourist attraction - an old prison or fortress of some sort. "Shows the Passing Roadside while heading to Vegas - filling car up with gas at a station next to the Stardust Hotel, and the front exterior of the Stardust Hotel. All daylight scenes." (color, 6 min) | |
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