Star Trek Generations (VHS)

Star Trek Generations is the VHS release of .
== US release ==
Star Trek Generations was released to VHS for rental outlets in the summer of . However, a retail release did not follow until . This first retail release featured a lenticular holographic cover using the film's theatrical poster. Later reissues omitted the lenticular cover. The general VHS release featured a 30th anniversary trailer with Kate Mulgrew, along with a trailer for the Patrick Stewart-narrated From Here to Infinity.
=== Individual releases ===
Release 	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate	Release Date
Original pan and scan release	15320 	 	 	
Widescreen release 	 	 	 	
Reissue 	32988 	 	 	unknown
=== Boxset releases ===
Set 	Catalogue Number	Cover	CertificateIn the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).	Release Date
Star Trek: The Seven Screen VoyagesReleased in widescreen and pan and scan editions.	1539015407 	 	 	
 	154381154382 	 	 	
 	155644156868 	 	 	
== UK release ==
Star Trek Generations has been released on VHS in the UK several times, both individually and as part of boxed sets, since . The film was released by CIC Video up until , and by Paramount Home Entertainment thereafter.
The film was first made available for sale as part of the Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Movies Box Set along with a 26-page information booklet in , with the standalone release following a month later. In addition to the standard retail release, a Special Collectors' Edition – featuring a "Making Of" documentary, theatrical trailer, a new sixteen-page booklet, and collector postcards – was released in .
All UK CIC Video releases were leading for the releases in the rest of Europe, especially the Benelux countries where the releases were virtually identical to the UK ones with the exception of the (back) cover text language, subtitles and catalog numbers.
=== Individual releases ===
Release 	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate	Release Date
Rental release 	VHB 2996 	 	 	
Original retail pan and scan release 	VHR 2996 	 	 	
Special Collector's EditionWidescreen release 	VHR 4300 	 	 	
Tape 5 of Star Trek - The Movies VHS set 	VFB 25753 	 	 	
1998 rerelease 	VHR 4866 	 	 	
1998 widescreen rereleasePresented in a widescreen ratio of 2.35:1.Includes a trailer for .	VHR 4874 	 	 	
=== Boxset releases ===
Set 	Catalogue Number	Cover	CertificateIn the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).	Release Date
Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Movies Box Set 	VHR 4152 	 	15 	
Star Trek - The Movies 	VHR 4554 	 	15Individual video rated PG. 	
Star Trek - Movie CollectionFeatured on the same tape as .	VHR 4896 	 	15Individual video rated 12. 	
=== Star Trek Generations – "Welcome Aboard: Your Passport to Adventure..." ===
Star Trek Generations – "Welcome Aboard: Your Passport to Adventure..." is the title with which the sixteen-page booklet was endowed by United International Pictures when it debuted in the 1996 "Special Collectors' Edition" release as an UK exclusive VHS bonus only, and it was not even an actual booklet at all, but rather a double-side printed 16×24 inch promotional poster that ingeniously transformed into the "booklet" when folded eight times. In effect, it actually started out as such in late 1994 as a purely promotional tool for not only the film itself, but also for the below-mentioned feature-length television episodes, before they were included the following year as bonus in the VHS releases as well. One side contained information on Captain James T. Kirk, the Next Generation crew and their ship, encircling the Generations film poster in the middle, whereas the other side featured a promo for the VHS feature-length episodes of the series. That "booklet" was included in all 1996–1997 UK Generations VHS releases and/or sets it was a part of, but had been phased out before the Star Trek DVD era started to take hold in the UK three years later.
At least one variant was known; the one included in the 1997 The Movies VHS box set did not feature the episode promo on the reverse side but rather the film credits for Generations. Additionally, the "back cover" of the "booklet" which normally featured a UK discount voucher (redeemable until 31 March 1995 at CIC Video UK) for the feature length episode tapes was replaced by a stylized representation of the Veridian star explosion. The VHS box variant is almost certainly the replacement of the feature-length television episodes variant, after the discount offer had expired, despite left-over original variant "booklet" stock still finding its way into later VHS releases.
== See also ==
* Your Guide To ... Star Trek Generations