Star Trek Enterprise in 4K @ Smithsonian 21-Sept-2019

Star Trek Enterprise in 4K @ Smithsonian 21-Sept-2019 - Part 2

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4K video of the restored 11-Foot studio model used in the original Star Trek series in the 1960s, before it was put in storage for museum renovation. Color matched on video with color chart. Close-ups of the running lights, decals, details, and correct color paint as it was in 1967 during the filming of "The Trouble with Tribbles." Natural museum light used, no camera lights.

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@alexanderkajdi8117 4 ай бұрын

I do believe the Smithsonian Team that restored the TOS USS Enterprise did a magnificent job! I would of preferred that the non-filming side of the ship mirrored the filming side and that the electronics and wiring were hidden inside the body of the model. They could have used pictures of the pre-restored model to show it’s original condition and technology.

@johnberry2877 2 жыл бұрын

What amazes me is how people just walk by and never give it a second look .

@stewiedarkinvisibleid 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I mean, if I were standing there taking it all in, not only would I be frozen in amazement, I admit I'd be teary eyed as well.

@mimsnshine 2 жыл бұрын

it's like when people goto movies and play with cell phone the whole time...

@antoinechristopherofficial Жыл бұрын

My goodness, to this day, this ship/ design looks futuristic, it holds up to whats out there in movie land, if not the best design ever, simply L❤VE IT!!!

@Hectrev08 8 ай бұрын

It looked so majestic on the show!

@barrykirkby9626 2 жыл бұрын

You really don't get a idea of the size of the original till you see people standing next to it, a beast, but a cool one.

@aw3752 3 жыл бұрын

The beauty of this ship is timeless and just shows how Star Trek: Discovery didn’t need to mess with its design when Pike’s Enterprise appeared. It simply wasn’t necessary to break canon.

@WalrusWinking 2 жыл бұрын

Discovery isn't canon.

@TrekDelta 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalrusWinking Kurtzman kept saying it's canon. but because it's Nu-Trek. It's not canon

@jeffsymons4535 2 жыл бұрын

Though the original enterprise is pretty crude by modern standards and looks it in TOS. Modern filming in HD deserves something better.

@aw3752 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalrusWinking That’s for damn sure. I don’t know what the hell Discovery is, but it sure isn’t anything I’m willing to waste my time watching.

@aw3752 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrekDelta “New” Trek could be canon IF its creators just respected continuity and what history came before rather than just throw a proud legacy out the window. They could have made Discovery look like Pike’s era, made it look just as cool, told great stories, developed rich characters AND keep their fan base (like me) happy. But nooooo… they had to trash established in-universe continuity to attract an ADHD audience.

@aw3752 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed that the Smithsonian restorers DIDN’T add glowing blue nacelles and I.D. lights to the beautiful vessel like so many model builders and CG artists love to do to the TOS Enterprise these days- claiming it’s ok because “Roddenberry always wanted to add those features but didn’t have the budget.” That still doesn’t make those features canon and that’s why the Smithsonian actually honored canon and did NOT add them. The greatest, most grand dame starship in all of sci-fi history. Can’t wait to see it when I go in October.

@1324Potato 2 жыл бұрын

Who cares, it looks cool. Also canon in star trek is no longer important, chud

@aw3752 2 жыл бұрын

@@1324Potato Apparently the professionals at the Smithsonian cared enough about preserving canon to not add those features. If no one cares, why is Star Trek Discovery a miserable failure? Its streaming numbers are in the toilet. Lots and lots of Trek fans do care about logical continuity and honoring the legacy of what came before in some way that makes sense. Just because you don’t care about it doesn’t mean “no one” cares.

@kityhawk2000 2 жыл бұрын

@@aw3752 don't you have enough bitching ammunition with Discovery and Picard without looking for fights elsewhere? Give it a rest!

@alexrebmann1253 11 ай бұрын

I heard lights come on 3,or 4 times a day. Do not stay on all day.

@tsarbomba1 7 ай бұрын

Wow... really does have a touch of green tint to the upper saucer section. I believe I saw it when the Air & Space museum opened and it was hanging up high in the ceiling. That restoration was horrible. Someone had painted some dark circular lines on the underside of the saucer section. Looked nothing like it did in the series. Glad someone properly restored it. Props for using the Color Checker. I've tried to get some of my co-workers to use one but these younguns these days only seem to want to "fix it in post."

@joec.3854 2 жыл бұрын

I never get tired of seeing it. Even when I'm in D for work i try to stop by. For those who visit, the model is lit up at 11:00 AM, 2 PM and 4Pm for 15 minutes only. This was the pre-pandemic schedule. Please ask at info desk. It has a great viewing place in the main hall of flight. Restoration was perfect to the second season model look.

@diogocatalano9557 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. The most iconic sci fi ship ever.

@chrisridenhour Жыл бұрын

So beautiful

@philfalsetti6139 2 ай бұрын

LOVE it!!!

@MartinWibert 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this! It will serve as inspiration for a 1:350 scale model that I will be building in 2022. Just one critique though. I wish you had spent some time on the impulse engines.

@3ccdmike 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@richardjohnson9543 2 жыл бұрын

I wish the TMP model had ended up like this instead of in one of Jeff Bezos's office buildings. Imagine the the two being displayed together. This model had more detail than it needed to considering that 1960s cameras and TV screens couldn't even pick it all up

@cardcounter21 2 жыл бұрын

Like a lot of shows in the 1960's Star Trek was shot on 35mm film. The studio knew that TV resolution would advance in the future and people would be able to see the shows in their full glory on large 4K TV's.

@Anth230 2 жыл бұрын

@@ButterfatFarms WTH are you talking about. The episodes look great on blu ray....

@lonmcq7317 Жыл бұрын

@@Anth230 The Enterprise shots , among others, have been replaced by CGI effects years ago... You don't see the original Anderson Enterprise shots in the reruns...

@Anth230 Жыл бұрын

@@lonmcq7317 Yeah I know. But the DVDs have all the shots...

@jeffreypurcell4681 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I didn’t realise they had placed the power cables on the out side.

@johnbockelie3899 2 жыл бұрын

I have an old picture of this prop model a friend gave me years ago when he saw it. The wires were there because of how the original film crew had it set up . that's why you only see starboard side of the ship on Star Trek. The picture I have from the 1970's has the original wiring shown. It was even wired up along the port pylon to the engine cap lighting. The port side also lacks the details of the starboard side.😃

@jeffreypurcell4681 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbockelie3899 thanks John

@winkles2314 Жыл бұрын

The little gun on the bottom of the sensor dome, is that the torpedo launcher? I've never noticed that before.

@spaceace1006 Жыл бұрын

Pre-Refit Constitution Class!! Someone should make a "TMP-Style" or Refit on the same scale!!!

@chrisbromham2334 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@stewartmcminn7773 2 жыл бұрын

People taking photos of the very thing their phone was inspired by

@Collection_Obsession 9 ай бұрын

Awesome coverage...thanks for the close up shots. Maybe someday I will get to see it in person. Have you seen the Tomy die cast TOS Enterprise that's just now starting to ship?

@NotMine-gd3bm 11 ай бұрын

An amazes me a lot on. How many people never ever saw the show?

@haines96 2 жыл бұрын

On Sept 16, 2019, it was announced the model would be packed away at the end of October to allow renovation of that part of the museum. Has it been put back on display yet? (I am assuming it will be put back up, because it is probably a pretty good draw for visitors.)

@johnbockelie3899 2 жыл бұрын

The 1 person who didn't like it was probably a Klingon.😜

@hugoverdeguer6891 2 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone think to hang wire traffic that way. Awful decision.

@ChrisAguilar Жыл бұрын

I'll copy this reply from someone else: To save money, it was decided to only shoot one side, meaning: no need to bother working on the other. According to Adam Savage's channel, when it needed to be viewed from the other side, it was easier to add reversed decals to the "good" side and flip the image. Movie magic - with a strict budget. 🚀

@cedricross2991 Жыл бұрын

Just plain beautiful!!! The Enterprise will always be my favorite ship!!!

@Hectrev08 8 ай бұрын

Seems like the bridge on the exterior is too big in proportion to the rest of the ship. It should have been much smaller on the exterior.

@Lumibear. 3 жыл бұрын

13:07 omg did they change the internal rotating dome!? The spokes look too dark, thin and consistent in thickness to me, they originally were silver, quite fat, and narrowed towards the centre.

@cfrate 2 жыл бұрын

I agree that it doesn’t look right. Part of it is using LEDs I’m sure, but according to the notes of the original model builder, Richard Datin, the rotating “dome” was not a dome, but rather spinning metal blades. The Smithsonian used a dome with lines on it. Can’t complain about anything else though.

@trevormadsen Жыл бұрын

Sound?

@Camop-iz9kt 2 жыл бұрын

Great view at 7:35!

@haines96 2 жыл бұрын

Has anyone ever seen the emitter on the bottom shown at about 4:40 in any TOS show (aside from seeing glowing beams emit from the area on wide shots)? Was that really always on the model?

@Anth230 2 жыл бұрын

Yup...

@KeairaKusanagi Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was really on there. It was really easy to miss because the resolution of TVs back then wasnt good enough for it to be visible. Its function has been debated, some think its the transporter emitter, some think its a high gain communications antenna for staying in contact with the landing party, but I dont know if it was ever confirmed. The original AMT/Ertl model kits did not have this piece.

@mem1701movies Жыл бұрын

I still don’t think they got the nacelles right. Close but the lights look too dark.

@Fearless-1 2 жыл бұрын

It powers up randomly, fixed interval schedule, manual on/off?

@Fearless-1 2 жыл бұрын

Smithsonian Enterprise lighting schedule: 3 times per day, ten minute run sessions each. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcdnbKmet7jLemQ.html

@TheStockwell Жыл бұрын

I believe the lights are scheduled to turn on at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. every day for 10 minutes. Something like that, anyway, but yes - the Enterprise operates on a fixed schedule. 🚀

@danclark1348 2 жыл бұрын

Great video you took. The way I would've done it. I was there to see the model when it was hanging from the ceiling and red lit domes. That was 1979. Great restoration, but why not just decal the unfinished side?

@Anth230 2 жыл бұрын

Because they are keeping it as original as much as possible...

@TheStockwell Жыл бұрын

To save money, it was decided to only shoot one side, meaning: no need to bother working on the other. According to Adam Savage's channel, when it needed to be viewed from the other side, it was easier to add reversed decals to the "good" side and flip the image. Movie magic - with a strict budget. 🚀

@KS-id2ld 2 жыл бұрын

What are the odds that Seth MacFarlane has seen this exhibit? He's a big Trekee himself, and can't wait for the next installment of his show.

@scifiguy26 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful but the one thing the last restoration team did better was hide the wires inside so you couldn't see all that mess.. I know that's the way it was made when it was being filmed but now it's not in a film studio is in a museum for all to see

@ChrisAguilar Жыл бұрын

They're going for historically correct. Which (if you see historical pictures) is pretty spot on.

@bbordelon2 2 жыл бұрын

Discovery is awful...too many feel good issues represented. Too WOKE for me. Too many...oh well what's the point...It isn't your father's Star Trek for sure.

@angelainamarie9656 2 жыл бұрын

If you're bitching about Star Trek being 'woke' you are not nor were you ever a fan of the show. Socially conscious sci-fi has been Star Trek's brand since day one if you are incapable of swallowing that then go watch some f cking football or something

@albertobeto5362 2 жыл бұрын

This red pin dot piece in 04:50. I wonder it it was from some toy from the 60's, or from some other 60's product, maybe from some eletronic home device. Maybe they could find it among 60's products. After all, model makers niot just sculpt everything, but also add things they found around if it have some nice shape for their taste.