Star Trek trufan Art Binninger made home-made Star Trek stop-motion animated movies in the 1970s, with help from his buddies in the Air Force A/V Squadron. They documented the process behind the scenes, and in doing so, left us with a lovely time capsule of '70s sf fandom. I get teary-eyed looking at this, it's so sweet. Link to blog entry on ironicsans, includes backstory on Paramount copyright cockblocking. Direct video link. (thanks, David )
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