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A parade down Fremont Street in Las Vegas Nevada for the crew of the Memphis Belle.

A parade held on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The parade held for the crew of the B-17 "Memphis Belle." Men on horses. A man riding a horse holds a U.S. flag. The crew rides in a jeep in the parade. Landmark buildings in Las Vegas before the "glitter gulch" days are seen, including Bank of Nevada; the Jack Pot Casino with a small amount of neon lighting; the Boulder Club with somewhat more neon lighting; the Apache Lounge, Cafe, and Hotel with its art deco signage at the Corner of Fremont and Second, and the El Portal Theatre at 310 Fremont Street which was the city's first movie theater; a directional arrow sign for the Hotel Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). After the parade on Fremont Street, the crew moves on to Las Vegas Army Airfield (today it is Nellis Air Force Base). They gather on a raised speaker's stand near the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle. Troops assembled on the airfield, B-17, and crew of the Memphis Belle. The crew is introduced and the Memphis Belle crew members address the gathered soldiers. A United States Army Air Force band plays. A crowd around the Memphis Belle after the ceremonies. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046288
Marines look into emplacements and foxholes at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada during nuclear testing Desert Rock Exercises.

Operation Desert Rock at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marines in tan overalls and wearing marine utility caps stand around Marine Corps jeeps near Yucca Flats, an atomic bomb test area. Two marines drive away in a jeep. An aircraft in flight as it leaves a vapor trail. The marines stand in desert as they wear utilities, cartridge belts, helmets. The marines carry rifles and BAR's( Browning Automatic Rifle). A small self propelled gun and LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked) in the background. A small board sticks out of sand. The marines walk by emplacements and look down into a foxhole. A member of a radiation team. A walkie talkie laid on the ground. Batteries and other equipment on the ground preceding test shot Dog of Operation Tumbler-Snapper.

Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059268
Equipment and a mannequin lying at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada during Operation Desert Rock nuclear bomb testing.

Operation Desert Rock nuclear bomb test at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada. A discarded walkie talkie lying on a sack on the ground. A dummy dressed like a man lying on the ground. Discarded vehicles, tanks and guns left around the area for testing the effects of nuclear blast. A mannequin in a foxhole. A dummy lying with two M1 rifles. A U.S. Marine walks into an underground trench. He prepares a dummy and then walks out again, all prior to test shot Dog during Operation Tumbler-Snapper of Desert Rock Exercises.

Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059269
Marines arrive and are briefed at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada during Operation Desert Rock.

Operation Desert Rock at Yucca Flats in Las Vegas, Nevada. U.S. Marines in dungarees with field transport packs, rifles and other combat gear as they enter a tent. The marines in winter service " B" uniforms with packs, rifles and other equipment as they move through streets and are assigned tents. The marines walk after getting off buses. They carry rifles, BAR's ( Browning Automated Rifles) and carbines. Aeriel view of the camp area. M35 trucks with the marines in back as they pull water trailers. A sign reads ' Camp Desert Rock Sixth Army '. Men peel potato. The marines shave and wash their faces at an outdoor wash rack. An officer at a chart as he briefs the marines. Two marines at a table inside a tent. A marine comes out of the tent.

Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059271
Neon signs outside various gambling houses and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada during the early 1950s.

Life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Several neon signs outside gambling houses glow in the dark at night during the early 1950s. A sign reads "Pioneer Club." Above it is neon art of a cowboy with a moving arm that waves up and down. Another sign at a casino reads "Golden Nugget gambling hall." A sign reads "Gambling." Another sign reads "Hotel Last Frontier" and others include "Thunderbird Hotel" and "Hotel Apache."

Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059273
Men and women bet during a roulette game in a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A gambling house in Las Vegas, Nevada. Men and women at a roulette table as they bet. They place chips on numbers at the table. The chips scattered over the roulette table.

Date: 1952
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059274