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Template:Realworld Curt McAloney is a cinematographer who has, around 2005, embarked on a mission to digitally restore film clippings that originated from the production of Star Trek: The Original Series.

At the time that the Original Series was in production, 1966-1969, it was not commonplace to save or archive shot footage, that was either edited out in post-production, or never intended to be released in the first place. This footage usually consisted of deleted scenes, test shots, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Clippings of these were simply discarded, resulting in that published behind-the-scenes visuals of the production are relatively rare, in comparison with the other franchise productions. However, Gene Roddenberry, in those years, habitually collected these clippings whenever he was able to and later, after production had wrapped, sold them in the early 1970s as merchandise through his company Lincoln Enterprises at conventions. It is this production material, McAloney specializes in, or as he has put it on an archived version of his website, "The goal for this web page is to create a repository of restored images showing the production aspects of the original Star Trek series. This would include out takes, deleted scenes, close-ups of props, effects scenes and publicity photos.(...)These behind the scenes aspects of the series should be preserved for posterity before they disappear."

As cinematographer, McAloney is aware that the film material of the 1960s deteriorates over years. On his website, he invites owners of these clippings to submit their material for restoration for free. As form of payment, McAloney reserves the publication rights of the restored versions of the material that "can be used as startrekhistory.com sees fit, such as posting on the internet [which he does under the pseudonym "birdofthegalaxy"] or used for any other venture". Several clip owners have taken up McAloney's offer, and his website currently features a growing library of unique Original Series production material.

In recent years, licensed publishers started to discover McAloney's work, and restored material by his hand has, usually fully credited, appeared in among others:

A project on personal title, McAloney, works in daily life as Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Cinematographer, operating his own company, "Curt's Media, Inc.", mostly for Internet publishers and corporations.

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