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I was influenced from ssellers to do this. Here is a list of circulating and known uncirculating films:

1969:

Date: January 31st

Film Type: 8mm color film

Filmer: Dennis Dimatteo

Length: 51 seconds

Venue: Filmore East

Songs filmed: Train Kept A Rollin', Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: On it's own; youtube; Assemblage 2

Date: March 17th

Film Type: TV footage, b/w

Filmer: Danmarks Radio

Length: 32 minutes

Venue: Gladaxe Teen Club

Songs filmed: Communication Breakdown, Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD, 1969 (CE), Early Visions

Date: March 25th

Film Type: Multicam color 16mm film

Filmer: Unknown

Length: 7 minutes, 35 seconds

Venue: Staines Lino Factory

Songs filmed: Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD, Early Visions, 1969 (CE)

Date: March 27th

Film Type: Multicam b/w 16mm footage

Filmer: Beat Club

Length: 11 minutes

Venue: ?

Songs filmed: Mimming Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and You Shook Me

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, 2007 and 2010 digital broadcasts

Date: May 25th

Film Type: Color 8mm film

Filmer: Unknown

Length: 1 minute, 45 seconds (1 second of Zep on stage)

Venue: Meriweather Pavillion

Songs filmed: Unknown

Some places to find it: Film Nor Vol 3, Assemblage 2

NOTE: This clip is part of a reel that includes Cream, Led Zep backstage with The Who.

Date: June 19th

Film Type: multicam TV color film + 1 camera soundcheck film

Filmer: Tous En Scene

Length: 11 minutes

Venue: ?

Songs filmed: Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused (cut)

Some places to find it: Ealry Visions, 1969 (CE)

Date: August 31st

Film Type: multicam color 16mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 11 minutes, 10 seconds

Venue: Texas Pop Festival

Songs filmed: I Can't Quit You Babe, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Some places to find it: Early Visions, Assemblage 2 (better quality and full version)

1970

Date: January 9th

Film Type: professional color 16mm film

Filmer: Unknown; film crew put together by the band

Length: Around 2 hours; 1hr42 on DVD, 50 minutes of outtakes

Venue: Royal Albert Hall

Songs filmed: Virtual set; SIBLY (probably not filmed); Heartbreaker (was likely filmed, but if exists, it's missing the final reel)

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD, Early Visions, Royal Albert Hall (CE)

Date: April 7th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: Hunter Deportes

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Charlotte Colosseum

Songs filmed: Unknown

Some places to find it: youtube, LZ official website, Assemblage 2

Date: June 22nd

Film Type: b/w 16mm film, includes interview with concert footage; color 8mm film

Filmer: Unknown to both

Length: 4 minutes; 25 seconds

Venue: Laugardalsholl Hall

Songs filmed: Dazed & Confused Bow Solo (16mm clip)

Some places to find it: LZ dvd; for 8mm clip LZ channel

Date: June 28th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: Jochen Lachinsky

Length: 30 seconds (full clip 2 minutes; 43 seconds)

Venue: Pavilion, Bath, UK

Songs filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: youtube

Date: July 19th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: Chris Welch

Length: 1 minute (full clip with Zep in Germany streets 8 minutes)

Venue: Deutchlandhalle

Songs Filmed: Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: Film Noir, Assemblage 2

Date: September 6th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: unknown

Length: 5 minutes

Venue: International Civic Center

Songs Filmed: Communication Breakdown, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused, and more

Some places to find it: Film Noir, 1970-1972 (CE), Early Days

1971

Date: August 22

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: unknown

Length: 5 minutes

Venue: LA Forum

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Stairway To Heaven, That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love

Some places to find it: Early Days, Assemblage, Film Noir

NOTE: The VH1 documentary on the band shows a 20 second clip of this film with no timecode.

Date: August 26

Film Type: 16mm color film

Filmer: Charles W. Burwell III

Length: 9 minutes ( 6 minutes Zep, 3 minutes audience before show)

Venue: San Houston Collisseum

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been loving You, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Moby Dick, Celebration Day

Some places to find it: Assemblage, Film Noir

Date: September 23rd

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: unknown

Length: 6 minutes

Venue: Budokan Hall

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Celebration Day, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, That's The Way, What Is And What Should Never Be, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, LZ official channel.

1972

Date: February 27th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 16 minutes, 20 seconds

Venue: Showgrounds

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration Day, Going to California, That's the Way, Bron Y Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, Moby Dick, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love

Some places to find it: Youtube, LZ DVD

Date: February 27th

Film Type: color (faint) 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Showgrounds

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Going to California

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, it's own

Date: February 27th

Film Type: color (faint) 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Showgrounds

Songs Filmed: Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, it's own

Date: May 27th

Film Type: b/w TV film

Filmer: ?

Length: 1 minute

Venue: Oude Rai

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song

Some places to find it: 1970- 1972 (CE), Early Visions, Film Noir

Date: June 22nd

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Swing Auditorium

Songs Filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker,Black Dog, Stairway To Heaven, Dazed And Confused, Whole Lotta Love

Some places to find it: 1970-1972 (CE), Film Noir, Early Visions

Date: June 28th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Tuscon Community Center

Songs Filmed: Stairway to Heaven, Dazed and Confused, Moby Dick

Some places to find it: Assemblage, Film Noir

Date: October 2nd

Film Type: color 8mm film

Length: 4 minutes

Venue: Budokan Hall

Songs filmed: Dancing Days, TSRTS and more

Some places to find it: Film Noir, Assemblage

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Here is a list of circulating and known uncirculating films:

1969:

Date: January 31st

Film Type: 8mm color film

Filmer: Dennis Dimatteo

Length: 51 seconds

Venue: Filmore East

Songs filmed: Train Kept A Rollin', Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: On it's own; youtube; Assemblage 2

Date: March 17th

Film Type: TV footage, b/w

Filmer: Danmarks Radio

Length: 32 minutes

Venue: Gladaxe Teen Club

Songs filmed: Communication Breakdown, Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD, 1969 (CE), Early Visions

Date: March 25th

Film Type: Multicam color 16mm film

Filmer: Unknown

Length: 7 minutes, 35 seconds

Venue: Staines Lino Factory

Songs filmed: Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD, Early Visions, 1969 (CE)

Date: March 27th

Film Type: Multicam b/w 16mm footage

Filmer: Beat Club

Length: 11 minutes

Venue: ?

Songs filmed: Mimming Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and You Shook Me

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, 2007 and 2010 digital broadcasts

Date: May 25th

Film Type: Color 8mm film

Filmer: Unknown

Length: 1 minute, 45 seconds (1 second of Zep on stage)

Venue: Meriweather Pavillion

Songs filmed: Unknown

Some places to find it: Film Nor Vol 3, Assemblage 2

NOTE: This clip is part of a reel that includes Cream, Led Zep backstage with The Who.

Date: June 19th

Film Type: multicam TV color film + 1 camera soundcheck film

Filmer: Tous En Scene

Length: 11 minutes

Venue: ?

Songs filmed: Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused (cut)

Some places to find it: Ealry Visions, 1969 (CE)

Date: August 31st

Film Type: multicam color 16mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 11 minutes, 10 seconds

Venue: Texas Pop Festival

Songs filmed: I Can't Quit You Babe, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown

Some places to find it: Early Visions, Assemblage 2 (better quality and full version)

1970

Date: January 9th

Film Type: professional color 16mm film

Filmer: Unknown; film crew put together by the band

Length: Around 2 hours; 1hr42 on DVD, 50 minutes of outtakes

Venue: Royal Albert Hall

Songs filmed: Virtual set, SIBLY (probably not filmed); Heartbreaker (was filmed, but is missing the final reel)

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD, Early Visions, Royal Albert Hall (CE)

Date: April 7th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: Hunter Deportes

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Charlotte Colosseum

Songs filmed: Unknown

Some places to find it: youtube, LZ official website, Assemblage 2

Date: June 22nd

Film Type: b/w 16mm film, includes interview with concert footage; color 8mm film

Filmer: Unknown to both

Length: 4 minutes; 25 seconds

Venue: Laugardalsholl Hall

Songs filmed: Dazed & Confused Bow Solo (16mm clip)

Some places to find it: LZ dvd; for 8mm clip LZ channel

Date: June 28th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: Jochen Lachinsky

Length: 30 seconds (full clip 2 minutes; 43 seconds)

Venue: Pavilion, Bath, UK

Songs filmed: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: ukrockfestivals.com; youtube

To be continued.... (don't post until it's done, I can't edit it when lots of posts are here.... )

I just have to say one thing, some of your info is incorrect, I corrected it above.

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1973

Date: May 5th

Film Type: Color 16mm film

Filmer: Pulse

Length: 15 seconds of concert footage

Venue: Tampa Stadium

Songs Filmed: Rock and Roll, Celebration Day, Black Dog

Some places to find it: Led Zeppelin DVD

Date: May 31st

Film Type: b/w 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: LA Forum

Songs Filmed: Celebration Day, Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, TSRTS, Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: Assemblage, Assemblage 2, Film Noir

Date: June 2nd

Film Type: Color 16mm film

Filmer: Local News Channel (exact channel unknown)

Length: about 40 seconds minus crowd footage

Venue: Kezar Stadium

Songs Filmed: Rock and Roll

Some places to find it: Assemblage, Film Noir

Date: June 2nd

Film Type: Color 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: about 3 minutes with about one minute of concert footage

Venue: Kezar Stadium

Songs Filmed: Likely Rock and Roll, No Quarter, and more

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, LZ official youtube

Date: July 24th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: Likely a roadie

Length: 3 minutes (with the band unboarding the Starship and the Limosuines

Venue: Three Rivers Stadium

Songs Filmed: Rock and Roll, Black Dog

Some places to find it: Assemblage, Film Noir

NOTE: The band unboarding the starship was filmed for TSRTS. A couple seconds of 16mm TSRTS test footage appears on the credits for the LZ dvd.

Date: July 27th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 11 minutes

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Songs Filmed: Rock and Roll through Since I've Been Loving You

Some places to find it: Film Noir, Assemblage 2

Date: July 27th

Film Type: Multicam color 16-35mm film

Filmer: Joe Massot's crew

Length: unknown, I'll find out how much we have soon

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Songs Filmed: Fragments of the whole set, according to my research and sorting of the film

Some places to find it: TSRTS, Led Zeppelin DVD, Film Noir (outtakes), 1973 (CE) (outtakes)

Date: July 28th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: ?

Length: 11 minutes

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Songs Filmed: Rock and Roll, Celebration Day, OTHAFA, TSRTS, The Rain Song, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, Moby Dick, Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love, The Ocean

Some places to find it: Assemblage 2, Film Noir

Date: July 28th

Film Type: multicam color 16 - 35mm film

Filmer: Joe Massot's crew

Length: Unknown, I'll find out how much of it we have out

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Songs Filmed: I think most of the set, I need to do more sorting

Some places to find it: TSRTS, Led Zeppelin DVD, Film Noir (outtakes), 1973 (CE) (outtakes)

Date: July 29th

Film Type: color 8mm film

Filmer: likely a roadie

Length: 3 minutes

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Songs Filmed: Dazed and Confused

Some places to find it: Assemblage, Film Noir

Date: July 29th

Film Type: multicam color 16 - 35mm film

Filmer: Joe Massot's crew

Length: I will find out soon

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Songs Filmed: Most of the set, likely a few songs we don't have footage of

Some places to find it: TSRTS, Led Zeppelin DVD, Film Noir (outtakes), 1973 (CE) (outtakes)

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Uncirculating you ask? Here's the film I know doesn't circulate for sure:

Date: June 28th, 1969

Additional Info: color 8mm film. 3 minutes, 30 secs of Zep.

Date: July 21st 1969

Additional Info: color 16mm film, with sound. Rumored to be 40 minutes, I don't believe that.

Date: April 17, 1970

Additional info: silent color 8mm film, 10 minutes.

Date: June 28th, 1970

Additional info: B/W 16mm professional film, likely to be damaged. I think it might of been destroyed.

Date: February 6th, 1975

Additional Info: color 8mm film, 25 minutes. Thanks to 3hrsoflunacy for this info.

Date: February 28th, 1975

Additional info: color 8mm film, 30 minutes. Thanks to 3hrsoflunacy for this info

Date: March 24th, 1975

Additional info: 2nd color 8mm film, 8 minutes.

Date: April 30th, 1977

Additional info: color 8mm film, 8 minutes. Shot from random points of the stage, said to be a bit shakey.

Date: April 30th, 1977

Additional Info: professional multiangle color professional footage.

Here are some films that are rumored to exist but little info:

Knebworth rehearsals, proshot

Zurich 1980, one camera professional film, b/w

Led Zeppelin 2 sessions, color 8mm film

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Date: July 21st 1969

Additional Info: color 16mm film, with sound. Rumored to be 40 minutes, I don't believe that.

This is the Schaeffer music festival in Central Park, New York. I thought that on this forum somewhere it was documented that film does exist and that the sound was being synched to the footage. The audio superbly released in " The Summer Of Love" by Beelzebub Records is a classic clocking in at over an hour.

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Date: July 21st 1969

Additional Info: color 16mm film, with sound. Rumored to be 40 minutes, I don't believe that.

This is the Schaeffer music festival in Central Park, New York. I thought that on this forum somewhere it was documented that film does exist and that the sound was being synched to the footage. The audio superbly released in " The Summer Of Love" by Beelzebub Records is a classic clocking in at over an hour.

Bill Shelley himself said it was 40 mins of film, and what do you mean by "The audio superbly released in " The Summer Of Love" by Beelzebub Records is a classic clocking in at over an hour." Do you mean some of the audio from this film was released?

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Bill Shelley himself said it was 40 mins of film, and what do you mean by "The audio superbly released in " The Summer Of Love" by Beelzebub Records is a classic clocking in at over an hour." Do you mean some of the audio from this film was released?

There are 2 boots from this show. One as I've mentioned and Empress Valleys "Live In Central Park" both excellent and rated as the best show from this era.

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It'll be interesting to see when and if Shelley releases the Central Park video.I heard he approached the band to sell it to them but don't know how far he got.

As an aside,I long heard rumors that the LA 70 show was filmed and was viewed by a Guy in Las Vegas.

Additionally,I've always wondered about that 1970

Documentary proposed by the band and if anything ever materialized

In the same year,one wonders if there is more from Chris Welch and from the D&C snippet from Iceland seen on DVD.

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From RO:

May 4th Braves Stadium, Atlanta *X

Video:

April 17, 1970 - Memphis, TN (about 10 minutes, silent)

Page in studio '74 footage (playing strat - clips were shown during

"Travelling Riverside Blues" video)

The Bill Graham 8mm Films - Bill Graham's Vault had almost 5,000 concert

recordings of many artists and groups, including Led Zeppelin. Those

recordings were digitally copied and many of them wouldn't see the light of

day.

1. The Led Zeppelin II Sessions - video

In-studio film footage of the band laying down one of the greatest rock

albums of all time.

There's a 40 second clip of the II footage floating around as MPEG2

(compressed to hell). It's the same quality as the Hendrix in Laurel Canyon

(TTG Studios) footage.

4. NYC 69-Recently unearthed video.

*Video:*

6/79-REHEARSALS FOR KNEBWORTH

VIDEO OF REHEARSALS WITH BONZO DEMONSTRATING HOW TO FOLD A SHIRT

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The following 2 entries aken from another website. These would be a holy

grail if they exist.

1> Sept 4 70 Video

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And fredg61, video does exist. I started collecting in 1986. This show was

one of my 1st ones I ever got on audio. The guy I got this show from lived

in Vegas. I tried getting a copy of his video but to no avail. He told me

I can go over and watch it, which I did, but he promised "a friend" he'd

never release it. Looks like he stuck to his promise so far. But it

exists. In fact, it is taken from around the same area in the audience as

the audio is because when John Paul Jones says, "Straight from the deli," a

particular girl laughs, and she is also heard on the video. Wish I can

remember the sequence of the songs from the vid tho.

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Thanks for the setlist info...I can't remember from the video as it was in

1986-1987. I do remember Immigrant Song--POWERFUL!

The guy went by "Guido" lol. I think I spelled that right. He must have

had connections because he had some great stuff I haven't seen since, and

I'm a knowledgeable collector. He has/had soundboards that would make us

cream and I know he had at least 2 audios prior to Gonzaga '68. A few

"boards" he had were 2 from Australia and Japan '72. Everybody would love

those. The Vancouver 1975 board that recently surfaced was from him

probably. He also had an "A" audience of Bath. Numerous others.

The video was almost complete, with the exception of MD. There were

probably around 10 or so cuts of around 20 seconds each, maybe longer,

probably tape replacing?? Not sure. The sound was a step below this

audio probably. I gotta listen to this 1st. The video quality was like

that of the Philly 1975 clips that are going around, which by the way, is

not the whole concert. The Philly '75 film is being released by bits &

pieces. I'd like to know by who as about 75% of that concert actually

exists on film. I think these people just like to toy with us and it's

pissing me off, lol.

Not sure of the "friend" but living in Vegas at the time, I made friends

with him because I was a wide-eyed teen who worked at his grocery store and

he and his wife took a liking to me. But his collection, or part of, may

have been to the Twisted Sister incident when they recorded at Pages house

in the early 80's for Stay Hungry I think it was as he referred to it a

couple of times.

I'm positive more things will surface soon. We're gonna enter the

soundboard revolution era soon.

I'll track him down tho (hopefully) now that I'm collecting again. And when

I get something, be shakin' not, you can be sure I'll share with you guys as

I think it should be placed into as many hands for all to witness. We'll

see.

2> My favorite topic: The 1970 Documentary

Fact or fiction? There has been past rumour of Led Zeppelin filming in the

early 1970's for a documentary about the band. There is proof obviously with

the release of Royal Albert Hall and a few shots of Bath featured in the

Whole Lotta Love video that footage does exist.

This documentary in question was quoted by Peter Grant many years ago who

said that they had plans of filming RAH and part of the US Tour in which Zep

would play some of their first big venues ever as well the cameras would

follow to Iceland and off to Bath.

Now we've seen news related footage of Zep in Iceland but, is it possible

that a professional camera team was following the band during this hyped

period.

Grant had also stated that there would be off stage action of the band

included in the project. Led Zeppelin had made some tv appearences during

this time with news stations as well as the BBC. Writer Chris Welch even

captured the band in Germany with his own 8mm camera.They even made a stop

at Headley Grange to record.

Could this be the project in question? No doubt this would be amazing.

S

By this point a six month filming journey would be wrapped up and Peter

hoped to see the final product out by December of that same year.

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Frank,

Guido? Damn, right under my nose. I grew up here in Vegas and have never heard of a Guido. I have a good friend Tony Gold who hooked me up with the first show 06-21-77 and many other shows after that. I don't think he went by the name Guido nor does he have any of the stuff you mentioned. I've known him for 20 years and I think he would have mentioned that stuff by now. I'll give him a shout and ask if he is familiar with someone who goes y "Guido".

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I just got off the phone with Tony and he's actually Guido. Before you all get your hopes up he doesn't have any of the stuff Guido is claimed to have. He did a radio show on a local station back on Memorial Day weekend of 1989 and the radio DJ gave him the name Guido. Other than close friends he never had anyone over to his house to listen to tapes or watch videos. Tony's a private person. I think facts have been mixed up over the years but straight from Tony's mouth he does not have nor ever had any of the stuff listed in the previous email.

Apparently this is an email chain about uncirculating LZ footage, from a member on the Led Zeppelin fan forum "Royal Orleans". Nice stuff to read. Does anyone here know if this 40 second clip of the LZ 2 sessions circulates? As said, it's an MPEG2 video, compressed as hell. I would figure it's silent.

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It'll be interesting to see when and if Shelley releases the Central Park video.I heard he approached the band to sell it to them but don't know how far he got.

As an aside,I long heard rumors that the LA 70 show was filmed and was viewed by a Guy in Las Vegas.

Additionally,I've always wondered about that 1970

Documentary proposed by the band and if anything ever materialized

In the same year,one wonders if there is more from Chris Welch and from the D&C snippet from Iceland seen on DVD.

I'm do not believe the L.A. 70' show was filmed, first of all it's a rumor, and viewed by a guy in Las Vegas???:rolleyes:

I can only imagine what that 70' documentary would've been like!:rolleyes: If only they filmed Iceland 70' in full 16mm B/W or color film, oh well... there is 25 seconds of 8mm color film and that D&C clip.:P It would be neat to here an audience recording of the show also, hopefully one shows up in the future!:)

I believe there is more footage Iceland, at least a few seconds more, I don't think there is more footage from Germany 70'.

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Yes, I do agree there might be more of the Iceland 8mm clip, you could PM Sam about that.

It doesn't need to be viewed in a different country to prove that the film exists :P

All of the Germany film exists, Assemblage 2 and Film Noir has the same amount of film from that reel.

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From RO:

May 4th Braves Stadium, Atlanta *X

Video:

April 17, 1970 - Memphis, TN (about 10 minutes, silent)

Page in studio '74 footage (playing strat - clips were shown during

"Travelling Riverside Blues" video)

The Bill Graham 8mm Films - Bill Graham's Vault had almost 5,000 concert

recordings of many artists and groups, including Led Zeppelin. Those

recordings were digitally copied and many of them wouldn't see the light of

day.

1. The Led Zeppelin II Sessions - video

In-studio film footage of the band laying down one of the greatest rock

albums of all time.

There's a 40 second clip of the II footage floating around as MPEG2

(compressed to hell). It's the same quality as the Hendrix in Laurel Canyon

(TTG Studios) footage.

4. NYC 69-Recently unearthed video.

*Video:*

6/79-REHEARSALS FOR KNEBWORTH

VIDEO OF REHEARSALS WITH BONZO DEMONSTRATING HOW TO FOLD A SHIRT

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following 2 entries aken from another website. These would be a holy

grail if they exist.

1> Sept 4 70 Video

Quote

And fredg61, video does exist. I started collecting in 1986. This show was

one of my 1st ones I ever got on audio. The guy I got this show from lived

in Vegas. I tried getting a copy of his video but to no avail. He told me

I can go over and watch it, which I did, but he promised "a friend" he'd

never release it. Looks like he stuck to his promise so far. But it

exists. In fact, it is taken from around the same area in the audience as

the audio is because when John Paul Jones says, "Straight from the deli," a

particular girl laughs, and she is also heard on the video. Wish I can

remember the sequence of the songs from the vid tho.

Quote

Thanks for the setlist info...I can't remember from the video as it was in

1986-1987. I do remember Immigrant Song--POWERFUL!

The guy went by "Guido" lol. I think I spelled that right. He must have

had connections because he had some great stuff I haven't seen since, and

I'm a knowledgeable collector. He has/had soundboards that would make us

cream and I know he had at least 2 audios prior to Gonzaga '68. A few

"boards" he had were 2 from Australia and Japan '72. Everybody would love

those. The Vancouver 1975 board that recently surfaced was from him

probably. He also had an "A" audience of Bath. Numerous others.

The video was almost complete, with the exception of MD. There were

probably around 10 or so cuts of around 20 seconds each, maybe longer,

probably tape replacing?? Not sure. The sound was a step below this

audio probably. I gotta listen to this 1st. The video quality was like

that of the Philly 1975 clips that are going around, which by the way, is

not the whole concert. The Philly '75 film is being released by bits &

pieces. I'd like to know by who as about 75% of that concert actually

exists on film. I think these people just like to toy with us and it's

pissing me off, lol.

Not sure of the "friend" but living in Vegas at the time, I made friends

with him because I was a wide-eyed teen who worked at his grocery store and

he and his wife took a liking to me. But his collection, or part of, may

have been to the Twisted Sister incident when they recorded at Pages house

in the early 80's for Stay Hungry I think it was as he referred to it a

couple of times.

I'm positive more things will surface soon. We're gonna enter the

soundboard revolution era soon.

I'll track him down tho (hopefully) now that I'm collecting again. And when

I get something, be shakin' not, you can be sure I'll share with you guys as

I think it should be placed into as many hands for all to witness. We'll

see.

2> My favorite topic: The 1970 Documentary

Fact or fiction? There has been past rumour of Led Zeppelin filming in the

early 1970's for a documentary about the band. There is proof obviously with

the release of Royal Albert Hall and a few shots of Bath featured in the

Whole Lotta Love video that footage does exist.

This documentary in question was quoted by Peter Grant many years ago who

said that they had plans of filming RAH and part of the US Tour in which Zep

would play some of their first big venues ever as well the cameras would

follow to Iceland and off to Bath.

Now we've seen news related footage of Zep in Iceland but, is it possible

that a professional camera team was following the band during this hyped

period.

Grant had also stated that there would be off stage action of the band

included in the project. Led Zeppelin had made some tv appearences during

this time with news stations as well as the BBC. Writer Chris Welch even

captured the band in Germany with his own 8mm camera.They even made a stop

at Headley Grange to record.

Could this be the project in question? No doubt this would be amazing.

S

By this point a six month filming journey would be wrapped up and Peter

hoped to see the final product out by December of that same year.

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Frank,

Guido? Damn, right under my nose. I grew up here in Vegas and have never heard of a Guido. I have a good friend Tony Gold who hooked me up with the first show 06-21-77 and many other shows after that. I don't think he went by the name Guido nor does he have any of the stuff you mentioned. I've known him for 20 years and I think he would have mentioned that stuff by now. I'll give him a shout and ask if he is familiar with someone who goes y "Guido".

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I just got off the phone with Tony and he's actually Guido. Before you all get your hopes up he doesn't have any of the stuff Guido is claimed to have. He did a radio show on a local station back on Memorial Day weekend of 1989 and the radio DJ gave him the name Guido. Other than close friends he never had anyone over to his house to listen to tapes or watch videos. Tony's a private person. I think facts have been mixed up over the years but straight from Tony's mouth he does not have nor ever had any of the stuff listed in the previous email.

Apparently this is an email chain about uncirculating LZ footage, from a member on the Led Zeppelin fan forum "Royal Orleans". Nice stuff to read. Does anyone here know if this 40 second clip of the LZ 2 sessions circulates? As said, it's an MPEG2 video, compressed as hell. I would figure it's silent.

Ledzepfilm, this is AWESOME NEWS! The LZ 2 sessions circulate as an MPEG2 video, where??? Damn, now I have to look!:D

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From the LZ Database:

AUGUST 00 - A&R STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (NONE)

There are rumours about in-studio film footage of the band laying down mixes. A short excerpt of this video exists.

Recording Includes: Whole Lotta Love (drum take with headphone bleed) [ cut ], Heartbreaker (guitar solo with room mic running) [ cut ], Heartbreaker (solo with rhythm section and vocals) [ cut ], Ramble On (drums and some guitar and bass bled up) [ cut ]

Source: Incomplete superb soundboard recordings. 4 minutes.

Details: The recording is a profesionally balanced studio board tape.

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