"Colonel Bleep" has probably not been shown on television in the United States since Soundac's closure (and the aforementioned theft of the master films). The show aired as late as 1971. The copyrights of the show's episodes lapsed, without being renewed, in 1985. Two videocassettes from the series were released by Streamline Pictures in 1991, containing most episodes still known to exist at the time (reportedly discovered in the film storage vault of a southwestern U.S. TV station which had formerly aired the show). Apart from "The Treacherous Pirate", no more episodes were released until August 23, 2005, when Alpha Video released a DVD entitled "Colonel Bleep Volume 1". The DVD contains 23 episodes, about 20 of which do not appear on earlier video releases. Among the known episodes are the series premiere ("Col. Bleep's Arrival on Earth") and a clip show believed to be the series finale ("Test of Friendship").