Last week I announced that I had discovered, as far as I can tell, a previously unknown Star Trek special. Not only can I not find any information regarding this special online, but the Trekkies I reached out to — and the Trekkies they reached out to — can’t seem to find any record of it, either.
As I wrote in my last week’s post, the special is a television airing of parts one and two of the classic Star Trek episode “The Menagerie,” presented together as a single episode. The special is hosted by Leonard Nimoy, who filmed original segments that appear before, during, and after the special.
While YouTube has blocked every version of the video I’ve tried to upload, Earl Green from TheLogBook.com came up with a pretty good solution. Earl edited the actual episode out of the clip, formatted the original Nimoy content in a way that would appease YouTube’s censors, and added a wealth of information to run alongside the video. I think it’s a pretty good compromise and awesome way to enjoy the video. I’m working on a way to get the entire video out there, but for now this seems lke a pretty food solution.
Please enjoy this previously lost Star Trek video.
Thanks again to D. Stone, The Retroist, and Earl Green for all their help.
Well this is fantastic! So glad you were able to share it with the world.
Way to go Rob! One day, I’ll go through all my VHS tapes to see if there’s any hidden gems there. I know I have some bootlegged concert footage in that pile somewhere. The only drawback I don’t like is that it has to be done in real time.
Very neat find!