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16mm color footage with zoom lens taken of The Doors by what was most likely a two man camera crew hired by Tom Rounds of KFRC to document the Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival on June 10th, 1967. Shot from the stage with a single camera, this footage features multiple angles of The Doors performance. While it does not appear to have original sound, this footage is approximately 4 minutes in length and is of excellent quality with brilliant colors, documenting a pre-leather pants performance by Jim Morrison, and The Doors rise to fame.

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16mm B&w silent footage of The Doors at the Tamalpais Mountain Theater in Marin County, California. Approximately fifty seconds of footage are known to collectors. While a camera crew was hired by KFRC to film the festival, the crew responsible for this black and white footage is hired by filmmaker Jurgen Schroder-Jahn of Germany for his short film Die Herren Von Morgen - Hippies, and are said to have shot over 30 minutes of footage at this venue along with original native audio recorded on a Nagra. The film crew also attends a second performance that evening at the Fillmore Auditorium, focusing mainly on the audience and the light show, however the footage may in fact have been shot the night before. The original audio accompanying the Tamalpais Mountain Theater footage are segments of When The Music's Over and Break On Through. Reports from recent years indicate that the original filmwork and audio from this show was destroyed to make room in the archive it was stored in. See the next listing below for more information on the Fillmore footage.

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A second segment of German filmmaker Jurgen Schroder-Jahn's film is shot at the Fillmore Auditorium on what was likely the same day as the filming of the Tamalpais Mountain Theater earlier in the day. The mostly complete audio of Break On Through from the Tamalpais footage is used during this segment. This portion of the filming largely takes place from the point of view of the audience and the light show crew, however there are brief but distant shots taken of The Doors onstage. As with the footage listed above, the original filmwork and audio are reported to have been trashed.

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Following performances at Tamalpais Mountain Theater and the Fillmore Auditorium on the previous day, The Doors travel to New York for two more shows at the Village Theatre, later known as the Fillmore East. This 16mm color footage is shot by filmmaker Ira Schneider on and around the stage during at least one of the two shows given that night at the venue. While the footage is of excellent quality, it does not feature sound. Analysis of the film reveals a portion of My Eyes Have Seen You is played by the band. Copies of this film in circulation are timecoded and the whereabouts of the master are unknown.

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This color performance footage was shot by two 16mm cameras for the production of ABC's Bruce Morrow's Music Power television special. Native concert audio may accompany this filmwork. Until late 2012, this footage was thought to have been lost. For more information about this footage, visit our Bruce Morrow's Music Power television performance page!

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The semi-documentary film titled 'Rock It' by Martin Holt includes approximately 5 minutes of footage shot near and on the stage at The Doors performance in Tucson at Hi Corbett Field on October 7th, 1967. Along with other 60s era footage, the film includes a soundtrack featuring Jefferson Airplane. The Doors portion of the final cut is said to have been made from approximately 10 minutes worth of 16mm film that do not feature audio. The master footage reels are believed to be intact, but have not been located at present date.

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This 16mm film was shot in color at the Kaleidoscope in 1968, and does not feature audio. Although relatively dark, the film is steady and easy to watch.

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Filmed by the Feast of Friends crew, The Doors 'Live At The Hollywood Bowl' was officially released on video in 1987 and again in 2012 as 'Live At The Bowl '68'. The filmwork is a mix of 3 16mm Airiflex cameras, one high speed 16mm camera, and features professional 8-track audio recorded by Paul Rothchild and Bruce Botnick in the Wally Heider remote truck.

Although four cameras are in place during this show, final edits consist of three angles only. The high-speed 16mm operated by Steve Wax was not set to start filming until the execution scene in 'The Unknown Soldier', but jammed and did not capture any of the performance. As a full concert film was not intended, there are portions of the show that were not caught on film. During the original performance, Jim's microphone had technical issues, resulting in vocal errors on the soundtrack. Jim's voice was synthetically engineered by Sonic Solutions to reproduce Jim's voice to fill in the missing vocal segments. The original released edit runs at about an hour, while the total amount of original filmwork is unknown.

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"Unless you were there, you've never seen anything like it - the legendary Doors at their peak in this, the only complete concert ever filmed of the controversial superband. Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl during the Fourth of July weekend, 1968, The Doors perform their most critically-acclaimed music before an SRO crowd. Unlike other Doors material, this once-thought-lost concert was captured by a four-camera crew with 16-track audio (mixed for the first time using digital technology) resulting in a production which enables fans both old and new to experience the actual sights and sounds of this immortal group on stage. Subtle and powerful, elusive and direct, The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl reveals The Doors at their dark and brilliant best - now... and forever."

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Paul Ferrara - Center Seating Area
Frank Lisciandro - Stage Foot Area
David Thompson - Stage Camera
Steve Wax - High Speed Camera

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Black and white monochrome production footage shot by Granada Television at the Roundhouse in London, 1968 for The Doors Are Open. The Granada film crew films the early show on the first night for the documentary, however due to problems with the footage, the film crew is forced to return the following night.

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This 16mm color footage from the second night of performances at the Roundhouse in London, England may or may not have been shot by the Granada film crew responsible for the filmwork in the television documentary The Doors Are Open.

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This black and white Beat Club television production footage was originally shot on September 14th, 1968 at the Kongresshalle in Frankfurt, Germany. Portions of The Doors performances are captured by two cameras during both the early and late shows. Because this footage was only needed for a news segment, it is highly unlikely that any substantial amount of the performances were captured on film.

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Near-stage footage shot on January 24th, 1969 during a sold out concert by The Doors at Madison Square Garden. Approx. 30 minutes of the show were captured on film by a two man crew using a Bolex Pro with 12-120 Arriflex lens. The footage covers the performance spanning from The Doors arrival on stage to the end of the show. During this performance, Jim Morrison announces to the audience "Hey listen, listen - you know this whole performance is being telecast live for national TV, y'know that? So if you have anything to say, you better say it now."

The whereabouts of the master footage reels are known, and this camera is later sold to road manager Vince Treanor and re-used to film The Doors in the streets of Mexico City. This Bolex Pro camera was the very first to be bought and operated in the United States.

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400' of high quality 16mm silent color footage shot from the stage by road manager Vince Treanor at the Aquarius Theater on July 21st 1969, the Cow Palace on July 25th, and the Seattle Pop Festival on July 27th. Although Vince parted with the recordings he made of Vancouver, Seattle and Bakersfield 1970 in the 1990's, this 16mm roll of film remained his personal property until purchased by a collector in 2022. For years, this footage was said to have been shot only at the Cow Palace, however a transfer of the film and a comparison with photos reveals that footage from the Aquarius Theater and the Seattle Pop Festival is also included.

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Performance footage of The Doors shot by D.A. Pennebaker during this festival does not exist, however brief clips of their arrival can be seen his film Sweet Toronto. Pennebaker was hired to film performances by all artists at the Toronto Rock n' Roll Revival, however The Doors film rights were withheld, and all sources indicate The Doors were never captured on film or sound reels. Recent inquiries with the Pennebaker's reveal that no film or audio has ever turned up in their archives.

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16mm color concert footage shot by Alvie Chadwick at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium in 1970, and later used in a television news segment for Channel 23 KERO-TV. The complete filmwork consists of a backstage Q&A with Jim Morrison featuring audio, and approximately four and a half minutes of silent concert footage. The Doors, Tony Funches and Babe Hill are also captured on film as they make their way to the stage. During his Q&A, Jim Morrison discusses the Miami trial and the future of music. To read more about this footage, click HERE.

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16mm color footage with multi-track audio. The film is dark due to the band's refusal to allow movie spotlights during the performance. A full-length multi-track recording accompanies the filmwork. An official release of this performance appeared in early 2018 on Blu-Ray and DVD, while snippets of The End and When The Music's Over are included in Message to Love, a feature documentary film released in 1997. Miscellaneous television broadcast clips of The Doors are also known to collectors.