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On February 22, 1975, Northern California's very first Star Trek convention was held at Lincoln High School in San Francisco, CA. It was called The Red Hour Festival. A huge success with the fans of the original TV series (1966-69), the smash event led to much larger conventions in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. These Space-Con conventions left an indelible mark on the science-fiction fans and Trekkers who attended. In the end, conventions like Space-Con helped awaken Paramount from hibernation and led to the creation of the first installment of the major motion picture series Star Trek in 1979. This full-length documentary film is the story of how fandom revolutionized an industry.