The Gem Series started out as a response to the a standard argument used by many propagandists. In their attempts to prove the Apollo 11 telecasts were real, pro-NASA individuals bombarded their audiences with a brief clip from the Apollo 11 30:28GET (mission time) telecast. The clip they use shows the "earth" vanishing behind the CSM's window. Propagandists loved this clip because they claim it disproves the arguments of David Percy and Bart Sibrel. However, there is something that these propagandists always neglect to tell their viewers when showing this, and they made the fatal mistake by claiming this clip came from an unedited source. After the pro-NASA group repeatedly denied requests to upload the entire TV transmission, I took matters into my own hands by doing it for them. Even after the release of Apollo XI: The Little Gem, it took a good three months before just one of the pro-NASA individuals admitted that the 30:28telecast was an edited video.

Apollo XI: The Little Gem
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Before I even started the MoonFaker series, propagandists had recommended to their audiences the "unedited and complete" Apollo flight footage sold by Spacecraft Films. Remembering that CAPCOM Charley Duke made note of the Apollo 11 TV quality, comparing them to that of Apollo 10, I decided to investigate on that and did so by ordering the Apollo 10 DVD set by Spacecraft Films. As I watched these videos I compared them with NASA's official transcript of the mission. It soon became apparent that the videos sold were neither complete or unedited.

Not only did the Apollo 10 views of earth turn out to be pre-filmed and edited together, but also portions of video footage were excluded in the "complete" Spacecraft Films DVD set. The propagandists best excuse for this was LOS (Loss Of Signal), however LOS cannot account for missing pieces of video that the official transcript confirms was recieved.

My findings were compiled together in a video called Flagging The Gems. Even though NASA still and video photography is public domain, three days after the release of my film Mark Gray of Spacecraft Films filed copyright infringement against it and got my YouTube account suspended. He also flagged Greenmagoo's video clip from Apollo 15, which shows the flag waving when David Scott ran past it. When I started my new YouTube account, it became clear that Spacecraft Films would police the use of Apollo footage and enforce copyright on those who used it to question the moon landings. In addition,The Telecast Propagandists Wish They Kept To Themselves and The Telecast Propagandists Pretend To Love were both removed from my new account. (All these videos are available on this page, and are protected under fair use.)

The videos, made from public domain NASA footage, which Mark Gray and the propagandists have tried to suppress, can be viewed here. I would like to thank Wil Tracer for displaying them on this website.