Rare videos... do these even exist?

[gingoblin at EASYNET.CO.UK]

Jill wrote:
>The only German 1972 video clip that I know anything about is the one
>minute clip of Hawkwind doing 'Silver Machine' at a disco with
>Stacia, bubbles and all that was done for the BBC Top of the Pops show.
>There's a very well dressed German announcer at the beginning saying
>something along the lines of (I guess) "This is Hawkwind" but it's
>only a minute or so in length.    If the BBC filmed anything longer
>than that it seems to have been lost in the archives but if you *do*
>know of a full length version........
>

I have this clip, but was under the impression that there was a full gig. I
think the German presenter at the beginning of this clip is only because all
the tapes of it doing the rounds are from the same source... a showing of
the promo clip on German satellite TV a couple of years back. A friend saw
(what I assume was) the full clip on VH-1 about 18months ago, but I've never
seen a copy. It's too painful watching VH-1 to see if it turns up again!

>> The second is an Italian TV concert, featuring the Hawklords in 1978. The
>> guy who got me hooked on HW claimed some of this had been shown at a HW
>> convention some years back. Can anyone confirm this?
>
>There was a HawkOn convention in 1985 but I don't know if any videos
>were shown then.   It's the only time there has been one I think
>although perhaps someone knows of other occasions?

Yup, 1985 sounds about right... anyone on the list there? Remember any
videos being shown?

Bernhard mentioned the Uxbridge '78 show being filmed, so I reckon it's
gotta be this show. I have videos by other bands where they're filmed in the
UK, but for foreign TV, so this is possibly the Italian TV show. Who knows,
it might turn up one day... stranger things have happened!

Dave