At a recent meeting with the Discovery Channel we were able to confirm that they have no plan to offer the Finding Amelia documentary on DVD nor are they interested in an arrangement whereby we would license the show for sale to the public on DVD. They do not, however, object to our use of the show to familiarize researchers with the Earhart riddle and TIGHAR's work. We have, therefore, established a new category of TIGHAR membership called TIGHAR Researcher that will allow us to distribute free of charge, research materials that are not otherwise available, such as DVDs of the Discovery Channel “Finding Amelia” documentary. Other examples of materials that are of value to researchers but are not generally available to the public are:
- the NBC News Productions documentary about TIGHAR’s 1991 expedition.
- the ABC News documentary about TIGHAR’s storm-tossed 1997 expedition.
- “Flight For Freedom,” the 1943 Hollywood film which was largely responsible for the speculation that Earhart was on a secret spy mission.
- out-takes from 1937 newsreels that show details of Earhart’s Electra and her preparations for the world flight.
- July 8, 1937 “March of Time” radio broadcast dramatizing the search for Earhart.
- digital copies of scientific/forensic reports on artifacts and faunal materials, including DNA analysis.
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TIGHAR Researcher.