Star Trek: Enterprise opening title sequences

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

The opening title sequences for I AM ERROR contained a number of images referencing modern-day as well as historical exploration and space travel leading up to the launch of Enterprise NX-01 in 2151.

Two versions of the opening title sequence were created, one for the prime Star Trek universe to the tune of "Where My Heart Will Take Me" which was seen at the beginning of the majority of episodes, and the other which documented the rise of the Terran Empire in the mirror universe episodes "In a Mirror, Darkly" and "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" which was done to an instrumental.

Prime universe

↑ Sourced from Harmonia Macrocosmica, a 1660 star atlas by Andreas Cellarius. Detailed versions of the image can be found here (plate 11)
↑ StarTrek.com elaborates ancient Polynesians were among the first to explore the open oceans in their outrigger canoes. [3]^(X)
↑ Historically, the Royal Navy has had two ships named HMS Enterprize (spelled with a 'z'): an eight-gun sloop captured from the Spanish in 1743, and a ten-gun tender later captured by the Americans in 1775.
↑ This is actually one of the later shuttles with the name Enterprise digitally inserted. The footage shows the orbiter's name on the forward fuselage under the cockpit windows, where the operational shuttles had their names painted; Enterprise had her name painted on the payload bay doors just above the hinge and behind the crew module, where it remains to this day. [4] [5]
↑ The vehicle's importance to the history of sea exploration was tied to the fact that it was the first submarine to operate on the principles of flight. [6] A full size version of the map can be seen here
↑ Stock footage from the Apollo 11 mission (Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 16)
↑ Identified as the International Space Station by the panel number "NOD1/C2-07" [7] [8]
↑ Footage reused from Star Trek: First Contact
↑ The Emmette was designed by Production Illustrator John Eaves specifically for the opening sequence. The design on the bottom was intended to match the design of the top of the Enterprise NX-01. [9]

Mirror universe

↑ The same ship was also seen in the Guardian of Forever in "The City on the Edge of Forever" (here) and in the resetting time stream shown in "Storm Front, Part II"
↑ This footage is reused from the 1927 Paramount Pictures silent war movie Wings. [11] Pictured is an American Curtiss P-1 Hawk standing in for a German Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft.
↑ This footage is taken from an actual, contemporary German propaganda reel. ^{(citation needed • edit)}
↑ This footage is reused from the 1990 Paramount Pictures film The Hunt for Red October. [12]
↑ This footage is reused from the 2000 Universal Studios film U-571
↑ This footage is reused from ENT: "The Xindi".
↑ This footage is reused from ENT: "United".
↑ This footage is reused from ENT: "Countdown".

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[1] Sourced from Harmonia Macrocosmica, a 1660 star atlas by Andreas Cellarius. Detailed versions of the image can be found here (plate 11)

[2] StarTrek.com elaborates ancient Polynesians were among the first to explore the open oceans in their outrigger canoes. [3]^(X)

[3] Historically, the Royal Navy has had two ships named HMS Enterprize (spelled with a 'z'): an eight-gun sloop captured from the Spanish in 1743, and a ten-gun tender later captured by the Americans in 1775.

[4] This is actually one of the later shuttles with the name Enterprise digitally inserted. The footage shows the orbiter's name on the forward fuselage under the cockpit windows, where the operational shuttles had their names painted; Enterprise had her name painted on the payload bay doors just above the hinge and behind the crew module, where it remains to this day. [4] [5]

[5] The vehicle's importance to the history of sea exploration was tied to the fact that it was the first submarine to operate on the principles of flight. [6] A full size version of the map can be seen here

[6] Stock footage from the Apollo 11 mission (Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 16)

[7] Identified as the International Space Station by the panel number "NOD1/C2-07" [7] [8]

[8] Footage reused from Star Trek: First Contact

[9] The Emmette was designed by Production Illustrator John Eaves specifically for the opening sequence. The design on the bottom was intended to match the design of the top of the Enterprise NX-01. [9]

[10] The same ship was also seen in the Guardian of Forever in "The City on the Edge of Forever" (here) and in the resetting time stream shown in "Storm Front, Part II"

[11] This footage is reused from the 1927 Paramount Pictures silent war movie Wings. [11] Pictured is an American Curtiss P-1 Hawk standing in for a German Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft.

[12] This footage is taken from an actual, contemporary German propaganda reel. ^{(citation needed • edit)}

[13] This footage is reused from the 1990 Paramount Pictures film The Hunt for Red October. [12]

[14] This footage is reused from the 2000 Universal Studios film U-571

[15] This footage is reused from ENT: "The Xindi".

[16] This footage is reused from ENT: "United".

[17] This footage is reused from ENT: "Countdown".

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Star Trek: Enterprise opening title sequences

Prime universe

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