The tapes were bought by Ripley's for $1.8 million but are not the reels that NASA declared lost, believe it or not.
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"The Lost Tapes" exhibit in the"Out of This World" gallery at Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Orlando, Florida.is an incomplete but contemporary-to-the-mission copy of the same footage converted for TV broadcast. The reels were originally purchased among a collection of more than 1,000 magnetic tapes that were sold through a 1976 government surplus auction.
The"Out of This World" exhibit does not include a view of the two hours and 24 minutes of"unrestored, unenhanced and unremastered" footage. Still, it is not every day that the public can come within arm's length of three, 53-year-old reels that sold for nearly $2 million, and there is more than just the tapes on display.
Visitors can view astronaut memorabilia and touch a meteorite in the new"Out of This World" gallery at Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Orlando.
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