Following the death of Star Trek actor Nichelle Nichols this past weekend, and the outpouring of memories and praise from around the world, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum this week released a rarely-seen archival video to celebrate her contributions to American space prosperity.

Filmed in 1978 as part of a twenty-minute educational film called “What’s In It For Me” and produced by Nichols’ company Woman in Motion, Inc., short film was was shot during the production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and was meant to encourage school-age minorities to visit the museum after a lack of diversity in museum attendance was identified by the NASM’s educational division.

Nichols received the American Society of Aerospace Education’s Friend of the Year award for “What’s In It For Me?” in 1979 during the Star Trek: The Motion Picture premiere afterparty, held at the NASM (source).

In the short film, Nichols (in the guise of her Star Trek alter ego, Lieutenant Uhura), beams back from the 23rd century to Washington, D.C. — clad in her Motion Picture uniform, and carrying her iconic earpiece and TMP-era wrist communicator — where a contemporary girl gives her a tour of the museum while worrying she won’t be able to reach outer space like the Starfleet officer.

Spotted in the opening of the film clip is the original USS Enterprise filming model, hanging from the NASM’s ceiling in its original placement before later being moved to a glass display case — if you missed it, be sure to check out all of our coverage of the 2015-2016 Enterprise model conservation project.

Brief snippets from the full What’s In It For Me? film were used in the Nichelle Nichols documentary Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek, and the Remaking of NASA, but until now longer excerpts have not yet been made publicly available.

(As of this writing, the entire film does not appear to be online for viewing.)