Gary George was a college student when he bought reels of videotape from the United States space agency NASA at a government surplus auction in 1976. He spent $218 for more than 1,100 reels of tape. It seems that George made a good investment. He might become a millionaire this month when the company Sotheby’s auctions what it says is the only surviving original recording of man’s first steps on the moon. George is a 65-year-old retired mechanical engineer from Las Vegas. He spoke about the tapes in a phone interview with the Reuters news agency. George said, “I had no idea there was anything of value on them.” He added, “I was selling them to TV stations just to record over.” But three of the tapes are valuable. They record the July 20, 1969 moon landing of the Apollo 11 mission.
Title: Rare Moon Landing Video to Be Sold on 50th Anniversary
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/5553e2f9-484c-4cec-94ed-34feffd1647d_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Rare Moon Landing Video to Be Sold on 50th Anniversary' data-article-id='3956'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15854'>Gary George was a college student when he bought reels of videotape from the United States space agency NASA at a government surplus auction in 1976.</span> <span data-start-time='15854' data-end-time='25667'>He spent $218 for more than 1,100 reels of tape.</span> <span data-start-time='25667' data-end-time='31146'>It seems that George made a good investment.</span> <span data-start-time='31146' data-end-time='46250'>He might become a millionaire this month when the company Sotheby’s auctions what it says is the only surviving original recording of man’s first steps on the moon.</span> <span data-start-time='46250' data-end-time='54292'>George is a 65-year-old retired mechanical engineer from Las Vegas.</span> <span data-start-time='54292' data-end-time='61938'>He spoke about the tapes in a phone interview with the Reuters news agency.</span> <span data-start-time='61938' data-end-time='68833'>George said, “I had no idea there was anything of value on them.”</span> <span data-start-time='68833' data-end-time='75375'>He added, “I was selling them to TV stations just to record over.”</span> <span data-start-time='75375' data-end-time='79813'>But three of the tapes are valuable.</span> <span data-start-time='79813' data-end-time='88646'>They record the July 20, 1969 moon landing of the Apollo 11 mission.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/7CFA1A84-BD29-40F7-94EF-3D4DE81247EE_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13210 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/what_is_a_reel.wav'>What is a reel?</div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/it_seems_that_george_made_a_good_what.wav'>It seems that George made a good what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='investment'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/print.wav'><span>print</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/pie.wav'><span>pie</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/decision.wav'><span>decision</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/investment.wav'><span>investment</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13212 data-hint-location='75375' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/but_three_of_the_tapes_are__blank_.wav'>But three of the tapes are <span class='blank'>valuable</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='valuable'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/melting.wav'><span>melting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/valuable.wav'><span>valuable</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/missing.wav'><span>missing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3476/empty.wav'><span>empty</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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