TV newsmagazine coverage from 19841986 featuring behindthescenes glimpses of thenupcoming films Star Trek III: The Search For Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

The BetaGems channel also has "Star Trek original films, theatrical trailer collection," "1986 Star Trek 20th Anniversary cast party, Roddenberry & more," "Siskel & Ebert Star Trek IV review 112586," "Star Trek IV cast interviews 91086 primetime news magazine," "Star Trek IV cast interviews November 1986 COMPLETE," "1989 Takei, Doohan & Nichols reprise Trek roles, Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous," "Star Trek Convention Feb 1989 Hotel San Diego TV ad," "1975 Star Trek playset Mego TV commercial," "Star Trek green girl drops acid, hallucinates Alice in Wonderland, strips (1967)," "1997 William Shatner Bust a Move Priceline TV commercial," and "AlcoaGoodyear Theater 12759 333 Montgomery Street DeForest Kelley."

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online. Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SLHFT7 Super Beta Theater HiFi Stereo the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads.

In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area. This upload features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. To be used for research and archive purposes only, no commercial reproduction allowed.