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On the morning January 28, 1986, my grandmother and grandfather turned on their VHS video camera and caught history.
Recently found in their estate is a 7 minute and 30 second video of the Challenger disaster as video taped from their back yard at a distance of 45 miles -- the second-closest video in existence! We see the shuttle launch, rise high over the trees, and meet it's unfortunate end. In the distance, NASA announcements can be heard as the onlookers try to piece together exactly what had happened. All the while, eerie wind chimes on their back porch convey the unease. We're looking to find a good home for this piece of history. (From Wikipedia) The disaster is notable for the lack of video documentation of the event. Until 2010, the live broadcast of the launch and subsequent disaster by CNN was the only known on-location video footage from within range of the launch site. In 2012, four other motion picture recordings of the event were publicly released:
Complete ownership of this video could be yours -- all rights of ownership, distribution, licensing rights, everything. Add this extremely rare piece of history to your collection today. |