Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 - Sin City

1h 17min

History

Documentary

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.

Production Companies

GBH

Insignia Films

Cast

Release date

14th Nov 2005

Status

Released

Spoken languages