Was there even a consumer device in 1977 that would allow you to record TV broadcasts?
@matrix There were numerous. In fact, the earliest TV broadcasts were recorded in the 1930's to vinyl disks (by simply recording the transmission frequency, to be disassembled later-on by an interpreting machine. In the 1970's there were numerous options for recording television broadcast, many of them having been killed in the Video Wars and now forgotten. Betamax was new, and so was VHS but they did exist in 1977. Before the widespread adoption of VCRs, people also would record tv to compact cassette (but only the audio).
@matrix All in all my point is it is entierly possible that there are recordings of the Chechen version of your TV show to still exist via home recording
@se7en
Bruh. That's probably it. The name is indeed NavÅ¡teva z vesmÃru.
@matrix I skipped through it and it seemed like a bizare children's show. What was the source material again?
@se7en
Roadside Picnic. I'm going to look at it once I get home.
@matrix Reading the plot and the concept, NONE OF THIS was in my linked video. Lmao. Watch it anyway, what I found is weird.
@se7en
Nope. It's not it.
@matrix This however is a series of the same name, and I apparently linked Episode 10.
@se7en
It's the same name, but different studio, writer etc.
Pretty interesting coincidence though.
@se7en
The crazy thing is that this adaptation was basically wiped from existence. The TV archives contain zero mentions of it.
Further, other forms of phonographic video existed including RCA's CED Videodisc, and JVC's Video High-Density formats, which were rivals not with the growing VHS market but with Laserdisc.