Gimme shelter
Contributors: Maysles, David.; Maysles, Albert.; Zwerin, Charlotte.
Series: MCIS video collection -- FS-37.
Publisher: Maysles Films,c1991, c1970.
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Rolling Stones.; Documentary films.
Description: A documentary on the Rolling Stones' tour of the United States. Also focusses on a free concert in California where a young man was killed in a crowd.

Directed by David Maysles with the Rolling Stones, Ike & Tina Turner, and The Jefferson Airplane. GIMME SHELTER captures the excitement of the Rolling Stones and the magnetism of Mick Jagger. The film opens as the Stones begin their 1969 tour of America with a triumphal concert in Madison Square Gardens. Then it focuses on the free concert at Altamont, California. 300,000 people came to celebrate a Woodstock West, but something went wrong, and Altamont became a bitter milestone in the history of a generation. (1970) PG.
Notes: VHS format [NTSC]

Miami University's MCIS video collection.

Directors, David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin.