Broadcast Date: 17. June 1968
Original Source: 16 mm, b/w
Total Time: 5:16 minutes
Quality: excellent
Availability: in circulation
Film Team 1
Cameraman: Jean Jacques Vaucher
Sound Tech: Stephan Heider
Journalist: ?
Film Team 2
Cameraman: Hans "Lumiere" Liechti
Sound Tech: ?:
Journalist: ?
Film Team 3
Cameraman: Romain Monbaron
Sound Tech: ?
Journalist: ?
00:00 - 00:48 Ankunft in Kloten
00:48 - 01:10 Pressekonferenz im Hazyland
01:10 - 01:47 Hallenstadion Publikum
01:47 - 02:00 The Koobas
02:00 - 02:07 Publikum. Zoom auf Evelyne Kraft + Cobi Visher
02:07 - 02:13 The Koobas
02:13 - 02:19 Publikum am Händeklatschen. Evelyne Kraft, Cobi Visher + Corinne Wüst
02:19 - 02:34 * Publikum
02:34 - 02:53 Eric Burdon & The New Animals
02:53 - 03:10 * Publikum
03:10 - 03:19 Publikum
03:19 - 03:30 Eric Burdon & The New Animals
03:30 - 03:33 Bühnenkletterer der zurück auf den Boden fällt
03:33 - 03:43 * Bühnenkletterer auf der Bühne
03:43 - 03:59 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
03:59 - 04:09 * The Jimi Hendrix Experience
04:09 - 04:20 * Publikum (screaming Girl)
04:20 - 04:30 * The Jimi Hendrix Experience
04.30 - 04:47 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
04:47 - 04:54 * The Jimi Hendrix Experience
04:54 - 04:58 Publikum (Hendrix-Shirt Girl)
04:58 - 05:16 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* 31. May 1968
Tele 13. June 1968
Have a look at the film here
https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/kultur/video/60er-jimi-hendrix-im-hallenstadion?id=e7526dc7-a189-4df2-b323-d8f4b6d37e60&station=69e8ac16-4327-4af4-b873-fd5cd6e895a7
JIMPRESS 99 Autumn 2012:
The silent black and white professional source includes material from both 30 and 31 May 1968. The 5:16 portion in circulation also includes film of other performers, and of the audience. Marcel Aeby's website contains a "film" link [see above] that guides the viewer to the Swiss Television website with perhabs the best quality copy of this footage, and identifies the camera operators for each of the three crews: Jean Jacques Vaucher, Hans "Lumiere" Liechti, and Romain Monbaron. (Stephan Heider is identified as the second tech for the first crew.) According to an interview of Jean Jacques Vaucher by Marcel Aeby in 1999, hours of footage from the two nights were filmed, but all footage not used for the broadcast was immediately destroyed. Vaucher also confirmed that there was sound recording, despite the fact that almost none of the audio was used in the broadcast. According to Marcel, film team three (with Monbaron as camera operator) captured the footage of the Experience.
The professionally-shot film includes footage of the various British bands arriving in Kloten airport in Zürich; Gerry Stickells, John Mayall, Mick Taylor, and Noel Redding are easily recognizable as they exit the Swissair plane. We have footage of Mayall and others at the press conference at Hazyland on the afternoon of 30 May 1968, though Hendrix himself is not in evidence. There are shots both outside and inside the Hallenstadion, mainly of the audience; some shots document scuffles with the police, and audience members trying to get on stage. We also see performance footage of the Koobas and Eric Burdon on stage. Burdon seems to be exhorting the audience to act up, though of course it is difficult to interpret his gestures on silent film.
Although the airport and press conference scenes are certainly from 30 May, it is uncertain which date the crowd scenes represent. The clothing worn by the members of the Koobas and Eric Burdon and the New Animals is consistent with the clothing seen in other footage from th 30th (the F.G. film described below), and the stage set-up matches photos from that same date, so we assign that footage to the performance on the 30th of May.
The last 1:33 of this professional footage is of the Jimi Hendrix Experience; it is a combination of material from both nights of the Monsterkonzert. On the first night, Jimi wears his characteristic dark hat, a long-sleeve green patterned shirt, and dark blue trousers. Noel is in a long-sleeve orange shirt with lettering visible on the front [Miami Beach Florida], and Mitch wears an orange patterned shirt with a gold vest. On the black and white film, all three shirts generally appear light colored rather than dark; the color film sources reveal the actual colors. On the second night, Jimi again wears a dark hat, a darker floral shirt, and dark trousers; color photographs and film sources reveal that the shirt is predominantly red. Noel wears a very dark shirt (possibly black) and Mitch wears a shirt with a smaller pattern than on the previous night. The different clothes on the two nights allow us to identify the night from wich each portion of footage derives.
The first concert shots that we see of the Experience are from the 30th. A four-second shot shows Jimi in a medium-long shot, playing a white Stratocaster with a white pickgurad and a dark fretboard. The view cuts to Noel for three seconds, and then the camera pans back to a close-up of Jimi's face. The camera pulls back slightly, allowing us to see Jimi using the trem bar. This shot lasts twelve seconds.
Next we see ten seconds of footage from the 31st, starting with four seconds of Mitch's drumming, with Noel partially obscured behind the drum kit. The shot cuts to Jimi, pointing with his left hand while he whipes the fretboard with his right arm. The camera pulls back for some showy guitar plaing, with the neck pointing upwards and Jimi executing a slow windmill with his left arm. An eleven-second shot of a screaming female fan follows, which photographs of the event confirm to be from the 31st. Another ten-second shot follows from the 31st, starting with a quick zoom in on Jimi playing guitar with his teeth, and ending as Hendrix steps to the microphone for vocals.
All the remaing shots in the film are from the 30th, (I DON'T AGREE! I THINK THE 4:47 - 4:54 FOOTAGE IS FROM THE 31ST) starting with a three-second view of Mitch, partially obscured behind a cymbal; the camera then pans to Noel for a second or two. This is followed by a cut to a single extra-long seven-second shot of the entire band, with Jimi to the far left; the camera operator films from a high elevation, and is positioned so that Jimi's left (picking) hand is towards him. The final shot in this segment is taken in front of the stage, showing Noel for two seconds and then panning to Jimi who offers some energetic playing for five seconds.
The next short seven-second shot of Jimi focuses entirely on his guitar, and includes some whammy work; in fact we never see Jimi's face here. This is followed by four seconds of a female audience member wearing a T-shirt with the words "Jimi Hendrix" crudely emblazoned on it.
The final sequence lasts 0:18. It is taken from a distant elevated view off to the side, focusing on Jimi at first but pulling back to include the whole band. The pull-back continues until we see the entire stage, and ends with the stage itself small in the center of the frame, and the band only tiny indistinct figures on it.
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