Discover how Star Trek used the original 3-foot Enterprise miniature in The Cage, Where No Man Has Gone Before, and beyond. In this breakdown, TrekWorld explores the key effect shots, how the footage was reused, reversed, and repurposed, and why this small model helped define the look of Star Trek forever.
From approach and depart shots to the rare tabletop appearance in Requiem for Methuselah, this is the complete story of the original three-foot Enterprise on screen.
Watch to see how just 29 seconds of footage became a lasting part of Star Trek history.
0:00 The original 3-foot Enterprise
0:49 Slowing the footage to study the model
1:26 The Cage effect shot library
2:05 Approach and depart
2:44 Underpass
3:09 Sail away
3:52 Right to left and flipped approach
4:44 Slow depart
5:28 How the Cage footage was reused
6:28 The 11-foot Enterprise takes over
7:10 Where No Man Has Gone Before
8:05 Reversed footage and later fixes
8:58 New 3-foot shots for Season 1
9:47 Requiem for Methuselah and the final appearance
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