This 1976 STAR TREK Convention Was Captured on Video and It’s Amazing!
The video you are about to watch is a segment from a local news station in Denver, Colorado, that gives us a look at what a Star Trek convention was like in 1976. The convention was held at the Northglenn Mall in Colorado, and as you’ll see, Star Trek fans haven’t really changed much.
One of the earliest Star Trek conventions occurred in 1976 at the Northgenn Mall in Denver Colorado in Fall of 1976. Only 7 years after the series ended, Star Trek already had a very strong cult following in the US and even abroad. There were small fan clubs popping up all over the world, so after a while it had such momentum that someone began organizing these gatherings into conventions... At homes, schools, malls, they eventually had to rent large convention halls to accommodate the throngs of devoted 'trekkies'.
The reporter in the video is unintentionally hilarious, and you get to see cool props, models, art, and cosplay. It even includes shots of Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and James Doohan (Scotty). It’s always fun to see how passionate Star Trek fans are, but to see what that fandom was like in 1976 is pretty damn cool.
