Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City
2005•1h 17m•7.0•Released
HistoryDocumentary
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.
Director
Stephen Ives
Writer
Michelle Ferrari
Studio
GBH
Cast
Michael Murphy
Narrator
Production
Company
GBH
Company
Insignia Films
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