Music video ten years before MTV or VH1. Long lost original recordings of the marathon TV program, The Now Explosion, produced in Atlanta and other US cities in 1970 and syndicated nationwide, has been recovered by video archivists at the University of Georgia where it is stored. Program segments found in South Florida have been remastered by the Archive to contemporary technical standards and converted to digital media.

The "stars" of this invention were energetic and talented amateur performers and ballet students dancing spontaneously in a sea of 1970's special effects invented by young producers in Atlanta, Dallas, Memphis, Kansas City, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Philadelphia. The program was also seen in other cities, including New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Charlotte, San Francisco and Sacramento in 1970.

This "fair use" presentation contains sample excerpts restored by the University of Georgia and obtained by the original producer. This collection is intended for informational and research use only. This sequence is not a presentation of and is not affiliated with the
University of Georgia.