A remarkable piece of rock history has emerged as thirteen minutes of never-before-seen Led Zeppelin concert footage was recently unveiled after being stored away for over four decades. The raw footage captures the legendary band performing at Copenhagen's Falkoner Centre in July 1979.
Shot by devoted fan Lennart Ström on Super 8 film, the footage documents one of Led Zeppelin's final performances before their historic Knebworth shows in the UK. Ström managed to sneak his small camera into the 2,000-capacity venue by concealing it in his trousers.
"We brought the Super 8 camera to test a new film that would work indoors," Ström explained. "Filming wasn't that often done in those days. They looked more for audio equipment."
The newly discovered footage has undergone professional restoration, with US-based Reel Revival Film handling the scanning process while The Pink Floyd Research Group performed color correction. The visual material has been synchronized with existing audio recordings from the concert.
The footage showcases the band performing various classics including "Stairway to Heaven," "Kashmir," "Black Dog", and "Whole Lotta Love." It also features an exclusive guitar solo by Jimmy Page and captures moments from numerous other songs from their extensive catalog.
This discovery follows the recent success of the official Led Zeppelin documentary "Becoming Led Zeppelin," which included its own share of rare footage from the band's 1970 Bath Festival performance, discovered in 2017 within a British university's archives.
The emergence of this time capsule provides fans with a fresh glimpse into one of rock music's most influential bands during their final touring period, preserving a moment that might otherwise have been lost to history.