Video Archives

A project is underway at the ISCMNS to find and preserve historically significant recordings on cold fusion, starting with VHS tapes. The project objectives are to collect the tapes, digitize them in a current format, and make the videos readily accessible to the cold fusion field – and beyond.

After cold fusion was rejected by mainstream science, it became a pariah field. Research – and many associated activities – continued under marginalized conditions in many countries. Dedicated conferences were held, a professional journal and magazine came into being, interviews were recorded, and a publications library and chat group were started on the Web. An occasional newscast would appear whenever it seemed that cold fusion energy was about to be realized. VHS tapes were primarily used for video recording at the time.

The technology for VHS recording was developed in the mid-1970s, and this method of dominated the video market until it was displaced by compact disks (CDs) in the early 2000s. Thus, the earliest (and many of the most important) cold fusion events were captured on VHS tapes. For example, the 1989 press conference where cold fusion was announced, as well as the subsequent lab tour, were recorded on VHS.

The initial collection of VHS tapes has been provided by Mel Miles, one of the pioneers in cold fusion. The concept has been proven with release of a few videos for viewing primarily by members of the cold fusion field. They are shown below.

Subsequently, another 22 tapes have also been made available; they may be viewed at: https://archive.org/details/@iscmns252