 All prints of the original version of "The Cage" were destroyed by Paramount  sometime in the sixties...or so it was thought. For over two decades, the  only surviving copy had been a 16mm black and white proof print personally  owned by Gene Roddenberry. Mr. Roddenberry took this proof print with him on  the college lecture circuit throughout the 70s and early 80s. As a result  of many showings in dilapidated 16mm projectors, it has become badly  scratched and damaged. One of the versions available on video is a re