Props to Dangerous Minds for the following:

Film-maker and musician, Don Letts was working as a DJ at the Roxy club in London in 1977, when he filmed most of the Punk bands that appeared there, with his Super 8 camera. Letts captured a glorious moment of musical history and its ensuing social, political and cultural revolution.

Letts decided he was going to make a film with his footage, and had sell his belongings to ensure he had enough film stock to record the bands that appeared night-after-night over a 3 month-period. Eventually, he collated all of the footage into The Punk Rock Movie, which contained performances by the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs, Generation X, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater, Subway Sect, X-Ray Spex, Alternative TV and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers. There was also backstage footage of certain bands, and Sid Vicious’ first appearance with the Sex Pistols, at The Screen On The Green cinema, April 3rd, 1977.

The Punk Rock Movie (Full 1978 Movie — Don Letts)

3 Responses »

  1. [...] ago I tried to track down Don Lett’s, “The Punk Rock Movie“.  No more need to search for the video cassette, it can be viewed on [...]

  2. proeme says:

    Have been wanting to see this for years; thank you, and Dangerous Minds, for posting it !

  3. gerry molyneaux says:

    yeah great movie.was 16 at the time and nothing’s fuckin changed.punk’s still the bast.

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