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A startling new discovery in our film collections: never-before-seen home movie footage of the notorious Altamont Free Concert, which took place in December 1969! Read this thread for more details--and you can watch the film here: loc.gov/item/202060022…
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The story of how we found the film is interesting--read more about the unearthing of this treasure in our blog: blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2…
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Although silent, whoever shot the film was right up by the stage and recorded every act on the bill, starting with Carlos Santana. loc.gov/item/202060022…
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The Hell’s Angels were, infamously, hired as security, and the film captures some of their rowdiness during the Jefferson Airplane set. loc.gov/item/202060022…
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Not much footage exists of Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Bros. at Altamont, so we were excited to see this. They seem to be the only act Mick Jagger and Keith Richards came out to watch! loc.gov/item/202060022…
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young declined to let their performance be used in the documentary “Gimme Shelter”, so it’s great to see them here. loc.gov/item/202060022…
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And of course the Rolling Stones topped the bill with a performance during which a concertgoer was murdered. The film doesn’t show that, but you can get a sense of the building mayhem. loc.gov/item/202060022…
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