Las Vegas USA-1977: People Gathering Around Pool Table And Slot Machine In Casino

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 Las Vegas

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People Gathering Around Pool Table And Slot Machine In... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1977 in Las Vegas, capturing a dimly lit casino atmosphere. The clip shows a group of people gathered around a pool table, with a man in a striped shirt and another in a blue jacket visible from behind. The scene includes a close-up of a slot machine with illuminated reels and paytable, showcasing classic 1970s casino gaming. The footage exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, motion blur, and warm color tones, with a handheld camera perspective that conveys the candid energy of a retro nightlife scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121121467

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1386 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: hawaii,las vegas
Date: 1977 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary and educational productions needing authentic 1970s Las Vegas casino floor footage with period gaming equipment and candid crowd behavior.
Period detail: Horizontal-stripe shirts, under-lit casino interior, and a multi-reel mechanical slot machine with printed paytable are consistent with late-1970s Las Vegas casino design.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor turned the camera on fellow patrons gathered around a gaming table, then swung to capture the slot machines, giving unguarded candid glimpses of 1970s Vegas casino life.
What appears in frame: Casino crowd viewed from behind, man in horizontal-stripe shirt, person in blue jacket, patterned casino carpet, mechanical slot machine with illuminated reels, printed paytable display, yellow emblem at machine base, dim mixed overhead lighting.
Film character: Super 8 grain, warm colour shift, heavy motion blur during camera pan, and underexposed casino shadows combine to produce the authentic texture of a consumer-film tourist record.
Edit role: Functions as an atmospheric insert or period cutaway for documentary segments on 1970s American gambling culture, Las Vegas tourism, or leisure and entertainment history.
Historical context: Mechanical slot machines of this era predate video and digital formats; the multi-reel cabinet and illuminated paytable style visible here are representative of pre-digital Las Vegas casino floors.
Research note: Multiple people appear from behind with faces largely obscured; a yellow emblem at the slot machine base may constitute a casino trademark and warrants legal review before commercial use.
Research search match: 1970s Las Vegas casino floor, Super 8 home movie gambling, vintage mechanical slot machine footage, 1977 Vegas tourist film, retro casino crowd interior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this Las Vegas 1977 reel; then with 1970s American tourism or casino nightlife material; then with period gambling or leisure documentary sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Casino patrons from behind in a dimly lit interior, man in horizontal-stripe shirt prominent; Las Vegas, circa 1977, Super 8 home movie. — Casino floor crowd gathered around a gaming area, Las Vegas, 1977.

Casino patrons clustered around a gaming area in a Las Vegas casino, circa 1977; man in horizontal-stripe shirt prominent, woman in patterned top partially visible at right. — Casino gaming area with patrons, Las Vegas, 1977.

Handheld camera pan across a Las Vegas casino floor, circa 1977; patterned carpet with red tones and dark patron silhouettes visible through heavy Super 8 motion blur. — Camera pan across casino floor, Las Vegas, 1977.

Close-up of a 1970s mechanical slot machine in a Las Vegas casino, circa 1977; illuminated reels showing circle symbols and a 7, printed paytable grid, and yellow animal emblem at base. — 1970s mechanical slot machine face, Las Vegas casino, 1977.

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