00:00:00.000,00:00:03.000 Captions by www.SubPLY.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:00:06.080,00:00:08.160 A new tourist destination in Auburn Hills, Michigan, 00:00:08.800,00:00:11.080 is showing visitors, the difficulties life held 00:00:11.440,00:00:14.120 for Americans in the past. Blockbuster video 00:00:14.520,00:00:17.600 aims to transport visitors to a time before the internet. 00:00:18.000,00:00:20.920 It's an historically authentic recreation of a video store, 00:00:21.600,00:00:24.920 a specialty shop where customers exchanged money for the short-term 00:00:25.360,00:00:28.280 use of videos in an archaic system called renting. 00:00:28.880,00:00:30.920 The tour is amazing, it's like stepping 00:00:31.320,00:00:33.040 into a time machine. It's hard to believe 00:00:33.440,00:00:35.880 that people lived this way. -A historical research team 00:00:36.320,00:00:39.800 spent 3 years making sure every last detail was accurate, 00:00:40.400,00:00:42.880 from the signs used, to promote the store's merchandise 00:00:43.480,00:00:45.720 to the costumes worn by the store's employees. 00:00:46.390,00:00:48.600 Historical performers who make history come alive 00:00:49.200,00:00:51.680 for tour groups, twice an hour. -My character is based on 00:00:52.120,00:00:55.440 an actual Blockbuster employee named Jerome, who worked there 00:00:55.930,00:00:58.360 from May of 1999 to June 2000. 00:00:59.090,00:01:01.440 My main responsibilities are to man the cash register, 00:01:02.040,00:01:03.920 and to put the movies from the return slot, 00:01:04.420,00:01:05.120 back on to the shelves. 00:01:05.560,00:01:09.480 I am a Blockbuster customer named Cathy. Two times a week, 00:01:10.080,00:01:13.960 I travel 6 miles to rent and return videos. 00:01:14.600,00:01:16.240 Oh look, we're in the comedy section. 00:01:16.640,00:01:18.080 What's so poignant about this time, 00:01:18.480,00:01:20.400 is the uncertainty. When you get to the Blockbuster, 00:01:20.800,00:01:21.840 are they gonna have your video? 00:01:22.240,00:01:24.120 Did someone else rent it? Is there gonna be a line? 00:01:24.520,00:01:27.240 Are the alarms gonna sound when you walk out the front door? 00:01:27.750,00:01:30.120 It was very difficult for the people that lived during this era. 00:01:30.520,00:01:32.800 Actors say, their job, is to create a historically 00:01:33.200,00:01:35.620 authentic experience. -Yes we have it, 00:01:35.880,00:01:37.520 but our only copy is currently checked out. 00:01:38.120,00:01:39.960 After the organized tour, visitors are allowed to 00:01:40.520,00:01:43.920 move around, the store, exploring the so-called, living museum. 00:01:44.520,00:01:47.200 It's really amazing that people had to go through so much 00:01:47.600,00:01:50.190 just to get a movie. -Blockbuster joins 00:01:50.550,00:01:52.320 a growing number of historical tourism sites, 00:01:52.720,00:01:54.360 including Buffalo New York's recreation of 00:01:54.760,00:01:57.120 Virgin Records Music Store, and Iowa City's 00:01:57.480,00:01:59.120 Borders Bookstore Museum.