I knew that this footage existed and was up for sale but I never thought I would get to actually see it. Many thanks to the person who bought it, paid for it and then released it so we can all see it.
Weeks before this was filmed, Jim and Pam followed our High School Spanish Club on a visit to LA ALHAMBRA-GRANADA,Museum in Spain. It was April 10,1971 True. We didnt figure it out at the time but later realized they were the "two American hippies" listening in on our English version of the Museum Tour. Can read about his visit to that museum on that date in a book about Jim. They were very cool--would nod to us, but kept their distance as they followed us on the Tour. He had a beard at that time, she was beautiful. They were clearly in love with each other. Giggling and holding hands and enjoying that we didnt recognize them.
Thank you. Very interesting. Here’s an article I found www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/celebrities/2021-07-03/jim-morrison-alhambra-granada-visita-muerte_3163852/
Jim Morrison died July 3, 1971. Saw his grave in February 1987, 16 years after his death. The area was covered with graffiti and his marble bust over his grave was askew. I picked it up and straightened it up and the lady in the cemetery saw me and called the Gendarme on me!?!? They jumped out of their car with their MAS bullpup rifles but did nothing.
Thank you SO much for purchasing this and sharing it with us, this video is just magical. It's amazing that we finally get to see its description come to life
@@samxsara they were a lovely couple and talked about kids too apparently but it is sad they died like that. You can't pretend it isn't. Romeo and Juliet isn't pretty at all. Life shouldn't be like that. She probably missed him too much. Her family fought his family for just money which is tacky because she wasn't really his wife and it just seems off to fight his own parents for his own money
Haunting and beautifully sad. Pam dances like a mayfly in the summer sun and Jim's camerawork may indicate his decline and self-destruction. Did he know that the end was near ? To die in Paris like Oscar Wilde. It's sad that they were never buried together. But its spellbinding to have this imperfect footage. The decling icon of rock with his enchanting love in a moment of idyll. They should have been buried together like Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre in a Danish churchyard. But they were not destined to grow old together but sailed forth into rock martyrdom. Sleep well Jim and Pam
Jim had asked Pam to dance for him on camera and at first refused saying “I don’t want to”. Ultimately she gave in and danced and twirled for Jim. They seemed to have many memories together in cemeteries and graveyards! One of them is in Jim’s poetry starting ’It was the greatest night of my life’
A lovely tribute to Pam & Jim. Thank you so much for the privilege of viewing it. They did die young but they certainly seem to have enjoyed themselves. It was a choice they both made. Morrison’s ability as a song writer is too often neglected. His love songs will survive through future centuries. And through their wonderful lyrics Pam will be remembered as his muse. Rest in peace 🦋🦋
@@Bigdong-kl2fh he was not obnoxious when sober. Was actually a kind man who was very introspective. Yes he was horrible when drunk but not naturally so
@cindyinnew Don't argue with me. I was there in real time. He was a drunk and everyone knew it. I saw him in action, he was despicable when lit. But I understand, fans have to cling to something, even if that something is flawed.
I felt so sad watching this seeing that Jim and Pam were so young when Jim filmed this and that probably several months later he was to die an untimely death and Pam just a few years after.... I pray that Jim and Pam found peace in the next realm together 🙏🕊️🌹❤️
Funny how in today's society if you show any kind of emotions towards something like a picture and or a video (like this one) a bunch of people will make negative WOKE remarks The Cancel culture will suddenly appear, Me Too etc, etc., etc. Sorry that I'm old school generation X that I have some feelings left about sentimental nostalgic videos like this and not act like a cold unfeeling twat acting like an armchair critic 😃 like most of these people on this platform act like.... just my thoughts 🤔💭
Thank you for this. I had no idea who she was until I looked her up just now. So sad that she died at 27. Amazing how we can see this footage from 53 years ago.
Absolutely wonderful. Thank You for sharing this and bringing it to the public. The haunting element for me is that there are other films somewhere that unknown to us but known only to the owner(s). Looking through Jim's eyes is a very rare moment indeed.
There was just this ethereal look about her as she walked on that cemetery. Looking at these images from people from the past who were living and breathing and no longer with us in a very long time is very surreal and sorta unfulfilled feeling.
And, I know this is an 8mm camera, but in general older glass camera lenses look better. Their imperfect look and chromatic aberrations make the images appear magical, further enhancing her beauty. Or at least not taking from it. In fact, now Alexa are making digital cameras that can accommodate some of those old cinema lenses. Cooke Optics talk about this on their amazing TH-cam channel. While everything Netflix produce now is 4K, most of the lenses used to make their stuff are too pristine and perfect looking making everything look digital.
What strikes me is when Pam is dancing about, she moves like Jim when he gets lost in the music on stage, flailing his arms about looking down towards the ground. They were soul mates for sure.
In the cortex,you can make out her words I don’t want to go on”the wild trance- like dancing by the grave site in circles…. She did dance through sunlight in a daze of immortality…..my words….. was Pamela.
Morrison was an incredible intellect, poet, and rock star (when not too stoned). But he was a lousy cinematographer! Surprising, becausing he took courses in the subject. In his defence, the Super 8 gear that he was oftened photographed was crude compared to today's iPhones or video cams. Pam was gorgeous and idyllic; yet another heroin overdose tragedy at a young age. RIP to both.
It's a really fascinating piece of film but I agree with you. The first thing that occurred to me was how someone with his UCLA Film education could be so bad with a camera in hand? It's a bit trippy so maybe they were a bit 'refreshed' when they made it. I am reading Angels Dance and Angels die at the moment. Anyone interest is Pam and Jim would love it. There is a lot of detail about their lives together and a lot about the Doors too of course.
As I mentioned to someone else…I read somewhere that they had they or he purchased the Braun Nico camera near or after arriving in Paris so, It may have been one of the first times he used that particular camera and was experimenting with the zoom. Since there is only, so far, proof of 2 films from that time. Also, I don’t think Jim wasn’t attempting to shoot his masterpiece. He was just having fun.
I love it sooo much. Thank you for uploaded it. It's wonderful to watch Pamela Courson. She's soo beautiful. It is too bad that the vid hasn't no audio... Every time that i watch this vid, two song of the Doors came to mind:"Indian Summer" & "Blue Sunday", they matched perfectly.. It is too emotional to see Pam dancing & jumping so happilly....RIP both of them....
@@sandrafisherhayes3219 I agree! But if we were in that time period, I think we were gonna jealous Pam because we gonna wanted Jim for ourselves.... But I love the vid sooo much & I cry every time that I watch it.... Too bad that they weren't many vids off them.....
Those two songs in particular are two of my favorites from Jim and the boys. His voice is so melodic and pure, with such a soft, but rich timbre. I've always wanted to hear more of that pleasing tone from him. Most fans seem to want the raucous angst...me, just his gentle rain...
I was almost going to comment, wish we had the sound, and decided not to. May be better this way. I agree, it adds a sort of wistful beauty, with a touch of mystery. I wouldn't mind if someone could tell us what she was saying though.
Thank you so much for sharing this video with all of us, it's really nice to see a relaxed Pam jumping and dancing among the gravestones. Surely they spend a nice time there :)
They were far from perfect. Fought like cats and dogs. Both were unfaithful to each other. Very tumultuous relationship. But everything I’ve learned says that they did indeed love each other tremendously and she was the only girl he loved. It was LA that made them behave badly. Once they got to Paris, things settled down for them. But by then, the damage to Jim’s body was already done …
Thank you so much & subscribed! Massive Jim fan & always hoped we would see the movies Jim recorded while in Europe. So awesome to see Pam! 💖 RIP Jim & Pam 💖💖💖
This was 6 weeks before Jim died and Pam died 3 years later, both 27, both of heroin OD. I had a Super 8 camera as a teen. This is 3 minutes, the standard duration of a 50' 18fps reel. It was silent only until 1973 when they added a sound strip to the film. I've been to Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Makes me sad :( They were so young and had so much life ahead of them. They probably had no idea they would both wind up passing away within a few years.
They probably did know. They were addicted to heroin which kills. Secondly Jim left his money to Pam in his will stating if she wasn’t alive then it went to his parents. He probably knew the end will be nearby.
No i’m sure Jim knew the end was near. he had such a preoccupation with death. He was never quite comfortable in his own skin. Alcohol really took a toll on him, and his body was already kind of breaking down… it’s no excuse for Pam to be an enabler though. A lot of people don’t know that when they were in Paris together, they actually spend very little time together… she was always out with Marianne Faithfull‘s boyfriend, getting high and hooking up with him. Jim spent a lot of time alone, walking around the streets of Paris. The woman who owned the hotel they were staying in said she really didn’t know they were even a couple because they didn’t spend a lot of time together. At least not at the hotel…But Jim was a big Oscar Wilde fan, and he knew that Oscar Wilde died at the same hotel. I don’t think he saw a big future for himself. It’s almost as if he went to Paris to die, but will never know..
@@ckotcher1 That is really interesting. Thanks for sharing. Definitely different perspective than books and media I’ve listened to painting Paris out to be a peaceful sanctuary where they were in love, free and at peace during their time there before Jim’s death.
@@rknrlgrl6146 Thanks i’ve done my homework. Most documentaries talk about Jim’s life and then Paris is kind of a footnote. Like “then he went to Paris and we never saw him after that” but there is one documentary that cuts to the truth and focuses completely on Paris and what happened there. They interview the hotel staff, Bill Siddons, and the friends Jim made while he was staying there. People love the idea of Pam and Jim the love story but they completely romanticize it without looking at the sad truth: And that is that she was an H addict. I don’t know if Jim thought getting out of LA would change that. if anything I think it might have been Pam’s idea. Look up this name: Count.Jean De Breteiul. He was a French aristocrat, Pamela’s ex-boyfriend and H dealer to the stars. Psm knew he was in Paris with Marianne (and lots of good H).. in this documentary a lot of people who were around them in gym’s last days say that Pam, and always come up to Jim and ask for large sums of money then disappear for hours on end leaving Jim to write or explore. By all accounts she was seeing Jean on the side or maybe even had a three-way thing with Jean and Marianne who knows. But most people believe now that Jim did some of Jean’s H and THAT is what killed him. Pam’s story has always been sketchy and she wanted to keep things under wraps even dodging Bill Siddons phone calls. Nobody besides Bill knew Jim was dead until 2-3 days after his death and some including his own parents didn’t find out until after the funeral which was only 10 minutes long and only 5 mourners including Pam, Bill, the couple they met in Paris but no Priest or family members. Immediately after Jim’s death, Marianne who is the only survivor of this mess and says Jean’s H killed Jim) and Jean would flee Paris and go to Morocco. Jean would Od a couple years later.
According to members of the doors, Pam and Jim had a love-hate relationship. It was unfortunate Pam was a heroine accidict. She passed just two or three years after jim. Jims fortune went to Pam, and after Pam went to members of Pam's family. The morrison family sued, and the fortune was split between the two families. She still remains a bit of a mystery to me. Definitely rare footage of her..
Fascinating. Thank you for your efforts. A little close to the bone - an invasion into private moments that made me feel quite uncomfortable. One wishes that Jim and Pam could have become healthy and happy and lived a normal and banal but good life but it seems that by the time they got to Paris either or both of them may have been too far down their path of addiction to recover. They're still just kids in this footage (assuming that it is Jim filming) and could have lived for another 60 or more years.
My family’s home movies were on 8mm. We’d play ours on a little projector that spooled the film. Looking back, how strange they didn’t have audio. As for this footage, just a girl frolicking in a cemetery. Too bad drugs cut their lives short. A real waste and sadness left for many in their wake.
"I see your hair is burning, Hills are filled with fire. If they say I never loved you, You know they are a liar." 🦎 Jame Douglas Morrison 🦎 Pamela is stunning and I understand how and why she was Jim's muse.
I've seen Robbie say it was about L.A. But I think it could have been about both. I think Jim would have liked that. Pam, with her beautiful red hair. And I think he did love her.
Let's live so our loved ones are gonna be at least less sorry that we are, in our aching heart. You're realizing, that good memories are in the same basket as the un-healing wounds that are tattooed in our hearts, only when you get older. It's effing hurt. To my brothers and sisters taking a walk in the underworld, let's be kind too each other's and connect with the eternal, grateful/authentic opened heart as a statement of blessing to the future world so it get all its acts together... this, one act of generosity/smile at the time...
Absolutely, thank you for sharing. He shared part of his life and his music with us it’s nice to see a little bit from the inside. Some people live a life time in 27 years.
I was very fortunate to visit Jim's grave in Paris ! They say that it's the only one continually guarded by security. I think Jim would have gotten a kick out of it !
Pamela Courson was too much gorgeous . She was sexy and so beautiful . How i wish she could be there in this World . Life is beautiful . God bless Pamela Courson. Holy Spirit for her . Amen .
Wow es maravilloso poder ver a Pam realmente se siente su buena vibra , y el misticismo q los caracterizaban, con solo verla se siente una sensación extraña. Está cinta es un verdadero tesoro, gracias y saludos a todos los fans de los Doors desde México
This footage is both erie and romantic. Jim had many facets. He was rage and sex. He was intellectual and brutish, peaceful and unsettling. Pam may have been his muse. I can't help but feel sad to see her skipping through the cemetery and how each of them felt so comfortable and secure among the dead. Surely they both understood that the course they were taking was leading towards an untimely end. Maybe in this moment the fame and the pressure of the persona of being Jim Morrison as the public came to know him faded away and he felt some level of bliss looking at his love through the lens. Maybe a message being sent that it would only be through the escape of death that they might feel free enough to enjoy each other in that way. I find the location of the cemetary interesting as he pans in and out of focus on Pam and the images of the head stones. I dont know really, but theres something more they're expressing here.
I wonder why, when Pam died, how come they didn’t bury her with Jim?? it just doesn’t seem right for them not to be buried together. But it’s eerie that Jim is recording at a grave. He always seem to have a great intuition. On things ahead of Time…. Rest easy Jim.
I read somewhere that the Courson family had said that it was too complicated to get her body sent over to France so they just decided to cremate her. I’m sure Pamela would have wanted to be buried next to Jim, it’s what they both would have wanted. It’s just upsetting that her family couldn’t get past all the legal complications, however I would like to believe that somewhere in another life they are reconnected :)
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 well i seen it and it was said by the doors road manager that she was the worst thing that ever happen to Jim. And he should know. Eye witness accountant. Tbh. But i think even Ray and the guys said she was just bad for him. Toxic
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 I also read once that she Pam, once slapped him in the face really hard. At a air port. And told the guys. U see that’s why I never date a red head. Like wow!!! Jim get rid of her ass
The sixties and early seventies...i was 18 in 68....mostly bullshitters who ended up going home to mommy and daddy. Tough times for the lazy crowd who thought they could stone their way to happiness. The seedy pot with sticks and twigs . Parks full of confused lazy kids. The music was incredible the smell of incense. Tie dyes...head bands...beads...loved it loved it loved it.
seeing Pam in that diaphanous white blouse makes her appear ghostly. also, his images were out of focus at some moments. only contributing to the ghostly-like image of Pam. RIP Pam & Jim ❤
Emblematico. ..3 anos depois estariam os 2 mortos no cemiterio.....a Vida é um fio. ..tudo vai acabar. ..nao se leva nada...por isso a Vida é pra ser vivida. .....
It appears this film is about the afterlife from Jim Morrison's perspective. At least it seems that he purposely shot frames out-of-focus to communicate the transition. This is the first time I've seen it and I know almost nothing about Jim Morrison.
@@oneheadlight7172 I thought the same when first watching this, and then watching it again much later. I thought that he was getting used to the operation of the camera, but also doing it on purpose for his reasons alone.
He graduated from University, UCLA, i think in1965. His major was movie. So, i guess, he knew what he was doing. Academic, talented person. An icon, a legend.
Obviously, she was a train wreck but talk about a quintessential hippie chick, lovely hair ..I can see where he would be enthralled by her girl next-door cuteness, and c’est la vie attitude
@@NataschaBianca Surely, I was partially deaf as a teen and I learned to read lips :). Thanks for saying that ......:) Have a super night and listen to Jim Morrison all the time- read his poetry it is lovely. He wrote one poem about a sparrow- lovely.... Kimberly
I knew that this footage existed and was up for sale but I never thought I would get to actually see it. Many thanks to the person who bought it, paid for it and then released it so we can all see it.
When was it for sale? Where?
Weeks before this was filmed, Jim and Pam followed our High School Spanish Club on a visit to LA ALHAMBRA-GRANADA,Museum in Spain. It was April 10,1971 True. We didnt figure it out at the time but later realized they were the "two American hippies" listening in on our English version of the Museum Tour. Can read about his visit to that museum on that date in a book about Jim. They were very cool--would nod to us, but kept their distance as they followed us on the Tour. He had a beard at that time, she was beautiful. They were clearly in love with each other. Giggling and holding hands and enjoying that we didnt recognize them.
Thank you. Very interesting. Here’s an article I found
www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/celebrities/2021-07-03/jim-morrison-alhambra-granada-visita-muerte_3163852/
Thank you for this info🙏🏼
What a sweet memory
@@oneheadlight7172 So there are more videos of Jim and Pamela, if the article is true. Interesting.
Jim Morrison died July 3, 1971. Saw his grave in February 1987, 16 years after his death. The area was covered with graffiti and his marble bust over his grave was askew. I picked it up and straightened it up and the lady in the cemetery saw me and called the Gendarme on me!?!? They jumped out of their car with their MAS bullpup rifles but did nothing.
I've never seen so much footage of pamela courson let alone recorded by Jim
It’s one of a kind
Yes this is awesome!
It shows how much he loved her .
Heroin kills...
yep, decades after the end. love how he points the camera towards the Sun.✌️
Every time somebody comes out with such a jewel as this, there aren t enough words to thank him.
Happy birthday Pam. I know you are together somewhere. ❤ Jim and Pam forever together.
25.4./ 50 years, please pray🙏🏼
The original JIM AND PAM!
Loved it! Thanks for sharing. First time we see the world of that time through the "eyes" of Jim. That's amazing!
Well said! Through Jim’s eyes! Yes!
Beautiful
It's a corsican cemetery.....
“The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.” ― Alfred North Whitehead
Thank you SO much for purchasing this and sharing it with us, this video is just magical. It's amazing that we finally get to see its description come to life
Locked away for a long time.
Her story is just as tragic as Morrison’s. She sure was pretty. Drugs brought down multitudes in their youth. Sad.
Why not thinking its a beautiful story? They chose their mate before incarnating and died almost together. Can't get better than this
@@samxsara it was strong heroin that poisoned them both .
@@samxsara they were a lovely couple and talked about kids too apparently but it is sad they died like that. You can't pretend it isn't. Romeo and Juliet isn't pretty at all. Life shouldn't be like that. She probably missed him too much. Her family fought his family for just money which is tacky because she wasn't really his wife and it just seems off to fight his own parents for his own money
Oh yeah? What did she contribute to art or society?
@@americanpatriot9865 i didnt say that did I?
Haunting and beautifully sad. Pam dances like a mayfly in the summer sun and Jim's camerawork may indicate his decline and self-destruction. Did he know that the end was near ? To die in Paris like Oscar Wilde. It's sad that they were never buried together. But its spellbinding to have this imperfect footage. The decling icon of rock with his enchanting love in a moment of idyll. They should have been buried together like Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre in a Danish churchyard. But they were not destined to grow old together but sailed forth into rock martyrdom. Sleep well Jim and Pam
@@bhiggins66 begone 666
I think you're reading far to much into this piece of raw unedited film.
Like your poetic way your comment flowed! Ta for that as a Doors fan since as long as …🫶😊
Jim had asked Pam to dance for him on camera and at first refused saying “I don’t want to”. Ultimately she gave in and danced and twirled for Jim. They seemed to have many memories together in cemeteries and graveyards! One of them is in Jim’s poetry starting ’It was the greatest night of my life’
Watching this, knowing what happens, and so soon afterwards, makes it haunting and sort of dream-like. Thank you for posting it.
This is a true treasure to see video of her and to know Jim filmed it .. WOW
A lovely tribute to Pam & Jim. Thank you so much for the privilege of viewing it.
They did die young but they certainly seem to have enjoyed themselves. It was a choice they both made.
Morrison’s ability as a song writer is too often neglected. His love songs will survive through future centuries. And through their wonderful lyrics Pam will be remembered as his muse.
Rest in peace 🦋🦋
No they won't. He was an obnoxious drunk. Stop sugarcoating him.
@@Bigdong-kl2fh
Right, but you never choose to be killed by yours addictions.
@@Bigdong-kl2fh he was not obnoxious when sober. Was actually a kind man who was very introspective. Yes he was horrible when drunk but not naturally so
@cindyinnew Don't argue with me. I was there in real time. He was a drunk and everyone knew it. I saw him in action, he was despicable when lit. But I understand, fans have to cling to something, even if that something is flawed.
@@Bigdong-kl2fh
You saw him in what situation ?
I felt so sad watching this seeing that Jim and Pam were so young when Jim filmed this and that probably several months later he was to die an untimely death and Pam just a few years after.... I pray that Jim and Pam found peace in the next realm together 🙏🕊️🌹❤️
Once you discover sadness everything is sad
@@jackpeters9349 except sadness itself
country & western alive & well.
Funny how in today's society if you show any kind of emotions towards something like a picture and or a video (like this one) a bunch of people will make negative WOKE remarks The Cancel culture will suddenly appear, Me Too etc, etc., etc. Sorry that I'm old school generation X that I have some feelings left about sentimental nostalgic videos like this and not act like a cold unfeeling twat acting like an armchair critic 😃 like most of these people on this platform act like.... just my thoughts 🤔💭
Me too✌️🇺🇸🥖😪💋👀🇮🇱🇺🇸🎸😎🐸🍕🎤
Thank you for this. I had no idea who she was until I looked her up just now. So sad that she died at 27. Amazing how we can see this footage from 53 years ago.
Haunting...I found myself rewatching lots of Doors/Jim material lately, and this is an absolute gem. Thanks so much❤
Absolutely wonderful. Thank You for sharing this and bringing it to the public. The haunting element for me is that there are other films somewhere that unknown to us but known only to the owner(s). Looking through Jim's eyes is a very rare moment indeed.
I got him Morrison tat on my shoulder forever riip
Absolutely Rocking!! I wish I could see it. Take it easy and thank you for the reply!!!@@Shannon-pp6yd
We are but a moment's sunlight, fading in the grass...
thats so weird you said that as i saw this vid watching pam the same line popped in my head!!!
Yes.
C’mon people now smile on your brother….
Your life is but a "vapor." -- the Bible
She walks like jim too, amazing colour for the time it was shot.There Eternal now, two Beutifull souls who truely loved each other.
"Focus"....was never Jim's thing...............
Looks like some of my camera work..
😂😂😂😂😂
😅👏
Could be intentional out of focus..
@@kimberlyroberson5400 Of course...
Riders on the storm indeed. A rare footage, haunting yet beautiful
There was just this ethereal look about her as she walked on that cemetery. Looking at these images from people from the past who were living and breathing and no longer with us in a very long time is very surreal and sorta unfulfilled feeling.
And, I know this is an 8mm camera, but in general older glass camera lenses look better. Their imperfect look and chromatic aberrations make the images appear magical, further enhancing her beauty. Or at least not taking from it. In fact, now Alexa are making digital cameras that can accommodate some of those old cinema lenses. Cooke Optics talk about this on their amazing TH-cam channel. While everything Netflix produce now is 4K, most of the lenses used to make their stuff are too pristine and perfect looking making everything look digital.
@@savedfaves
They seems both so high, he surely wasn’t paying attention to the setting.
That pretty girl would be dead in 3 years - how sad.
What strikes me is when Pam is dancing about, she moves like Jim when he gets lost in the music on stage, flailing his arms about looking down towards the ground. They were soul mates for sure.
@@bdrohn2022 Thanks for that clarification. So perceptive of you.
Lol
Adobt partners gestures if you are very close🙏🏼
i dont mean to sound negative here but they were high???
@@mickeymousey1239
Completely high here.
If it's recorder on 10 may, only two month later Jim died ..
Thsnks a lot for post...
It's 'touch the heart' .
In the cortex,you can make out her words I don’t want to go on”the wild trance- like dancing by the grave site in circles…. She did dance through sunlight in a daze of immortality…..my words….. was Pamela.
How generous of you to share this. Thank you.
Wow !! Now every one can watch this footage recorded by Jim Morrison !!!!👌👍👍👌
And he did it badly to be honest.
@@sppecials606 Too much cognac, or not enough.
R.i.p., Jim and Pam. 💙
He was obviously a better singer than cinematographer.
So cool! Seeing this makes me so glad for them that they had this time together before he passed. 🥺💖
Morrison was an incredible intellect, poet, and rock star (when not too stoned). But he was a lousy cinematographer! Surprising, becausing he took courses in the subject. In his defence, the Super 8 gear that he was oftened photographed was crude compared to today's iPhones or video cams. Pam was gorgeous and idyllic; yet another heroin overdose tragedy at a young age. RIP to both.
Super 8 cameras were capable of much more than this. I’m guessing Jim didn’t know what he was doing.
It's a really fascinating piece of film but I agree with you. The first thing that occurred to me was how someone with his UCLA Film education could be so bad with a camera in hand? It's a bit trippy so maybe they were a bit 'refreshed' when they made it. I am reading Angels Dance and Angels die at the moment. Anyone interest is Pam and Jim would love it. There is a lot of detail about their lives together and a lot about the Doors too of course.
I'm pretty sure cinematography involves other things besides holding a camera. Like Lighting, shadows, and color.
He sure loved that power zoom eh?
As I mentioned to someone else…I read somewhere that they had they or he purchased the Braun Nico camera near or after arriving in Paris so, It may have been one of the first times he used that particular camera and was experimenting with the zoom. Since there is only, so far, proof of 2 films from that time.
Also, I don’t think Jim wasn’t attempting to shoot his masterpiece. He was just having fun.
This video is a gem. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Pamela never got over Jim's death. Thanks again for this unique video
Very cool classic footage, glad it's preserved
I love it sooo much. Thank you for uploaded it. It's wonderful to watch Pamela Courson. She's soo beautiful. It is too bad that the vid hasn't no audio... Every time that i watch this vid, two song of the Doors came to mind:"Indian Summer" & "Blue Sunday", they matched perfectly.. It is too emotional to see Pam dancing & jumping so happilly....RIP both of them....
I feel the same! Pamela was indeed beautiful and Jim was so handsome! They were soul mates ❤💔
@@sandrafisherhayes3219 I agree! But if we were in that time period, I think we were gonna jealous Pam because we gonna wanted Jim for ourselves.... But I love the vid sooo much & I cry every time that I watch it.... Too bad that they weren't many vids off them.....
Sie war nicht schön.
Those two songs in particular are two of my favorites from Jim and the boys. His voice is so melodic and pure, with such a soft, but rich timbre. I've always wanted to hear more of that pleasing tone from him. Most fans seem to want the raucous angst...me, just his gentle rain...
What about 'Love Street'.? That's the song that came to my mind (especially at the end).
Romeo and Juliet, as Ray Manzarek, another poetic soul, called them.
Or Sid and Nancy
The lack of sound adds to its beauty
To you maybe
@@adonaiyah2196 hello?
I was almost going to comment, wish we had the sound, and decided not to. May be better this way. I agree, it adds a sort of wistful beauty, with a touch of mystery. I wouldn't mind if someone could tell us what she was saying though.
@swannoir
An earlier comment stated that he asked her to dance for him and she said,
"I don't want to...".
Piękne, smutne, poruszające; gdzieś jest więcej takich taśm.
Piękne, smutne, poruszające, couldn't agree more. Gdzieś jest więcej takich taśm, maybe not so much.
Thank you . I honestly love you for sharing this treasure. You are truly a beautiful , kind and generous person. Love from🇨🇦
Thank you for the nice compliment. Happy to share it.
Yes visited Jim's grave and Oscar Wilde's etc and such a beautiful cemetery and of course peaceful🙏💜🎶
She was gorgeous
Thank you so much for sharing this video with all of us, it's really nice to see a relaxed Pam jumping and dancing among the gravestones. Surely they spend a nice time there :)
My pleasure.
She had a really cute look. Sad how her life ended the way it did. Tragic both she and Jim.
She had that sort of innocent girl look, cute for sure a real perfect example of a hippie chick
Our spirit energy can't be destroyed we will all meet again and again ✌️
They were far from perfect. Fought like cats and dogs. Both were unfaithful to each other. Very tumultuous relationship. But everything I’ve learned says that they did indeed love each other tremendously and she was the only girl he loved. It was LA that made them behave badly. Once they got to Paris, things settled down for them. But by then, the damage to Jim’s body was already done …
Pamela was still running around with that Count. She was obsessed with both Jim and that young Count.
Pam was beautiful, but drugs kill, and drugs killed them both. Jim loved her, but her addiction ended his life and soon hers. So sad.
Such a waste. Such a beautiful girl.
Just like Sid and Nancy
Thank you so much & subscribed! Massive Jim fan & always hoped we would see the movies Jim recorded while in Europe. So awesome to see Pam! 💖 RIP Jim & Pam 💖💖💖
I am glad I lived to finally see it all.
This was 6 weeks before Jim died and Pam died 3 years later, both 27, both of heroin OD. I had a Super 8 camera as a teen. This is 3 minutes, the standard duration of a 50' 18fps reel. It was silent only until 1973 when they added a sound strip to the film. I've been to Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Shit happens!
I have too. It's an interesting cemetery
Walking around like a ghost in the cemetery kind of Erie to watch now. Rip 🌹
Yep,just thee months before he’d be buried in one.
@@boataxe4605 Pretty creepy indeed.
@@boataxe4605Just six weeks prior to his death, not three months.
This is so cool and Pam is gorgeous. I always wondered where the film of their trip went. Hope the rest shows up someday
That would be great, if there is more. It would be cool to see Jim, as well.
Pams family probably has it
Makes me sad :( They were so young and had so much life ahead of them. They probably had no idea they would both wind up passing away within a few years.
They probably did know.
They were addicted to heroin which kills. Secondly Jim left his money to Pam in his will stating if she wasn’t alive then it went to his parents. He probably knew the end will be nearby.
No i’m sure Jim knew the end was near. he had such a preoccupation with death. He was never quite comfortable in his own skin. Alcohol really took a toll on him, and his body was already kind of breaking down… it’s no excuse for Pam to be an enabler though. A lot of people don’t know that when they were in Paris together, they actually spend very little time together… she was always out with Marianne Faithfull‘s boyfriend, getting high and hooking up with him. Jim spent a lot of time alone, walking around the streets of Paris. The woman who owned the hotel they were staying in said she really didn’t know they were even a couple because they didn’t spend a lot of time together. At least not at the hotel…But Jim was a big Oscar Wilde fan, and he knew that Oscar Wilde died at the same hotel. I don’t think he saw a big future for himself. It’s almost as if he went to Paris to die, but will never know..
@@ckotcher1 That is really interesting. Thanks for sharing. Definitely different perspective than books and media I’ve listened to painting Paris out to be a peaceful sanctuary where they were in love, free and at peace during their time there before Jim’s death.
@@rknrlgrl6146 Thanks i’ve done my homework. Most documentaries talk about Jim’s life and then Paris is kind of a footnote. Like “then he went to Paris and we never saw him after that” but there is one documentary that cuts to the truth and focuses completely on Paris and what happened there. They interview the hotel staff, Bill Siddons, and the friends Jim made while he was staying there. People love the idea of Pam and Jim the love story but they completely romanticize it without looking at the sad truth: And that is that she was an H addict. I don’t know if Jim thought getting out of LA would change that. if anything I think it might have been Pam’s idea. Look up this name: Count.Jean De Breteiul. He was a French aristocrat, Pamela’s ex-boyfriend and H dealer to the stars. Psm knew he was in Paris with Marianne (and lots of good H).. in this documentary a lot of people who were around them in gym’s last days say that Pam, and always come up to Jim and ask for large sums of money then disappear for hours on end leaving Jim to write or explore. By all accounts she was seeing Jean on the side or maybe even had a three-way thing with Jean and Marianne who knows. But most people believe now that Jim did some of Jean’s H and THAT is what killed him. Pam’s story has always been sketchy and she wanted to keep things under wraps even dodging Bill Siddons phone calls. Nobody besides Bill knew Jim was dead until 2-3 days after his death and some including his own parents didn’t find out until after the funeral which was only 10 minutes long and only 5 mourners including Pam, Bill, the couple they met in Paris but no Priest or family members. Immediately after Jim’s death, Marianne who is the only survivor of this mess and says Jean’s H killed Jim) and Jean would flee Paris and go to Morocco. Jean would Od a couple years later.
According to members of the doors, Pam and Jim had a love-hate relationship. It was unfortunate Pam was a heroine accidict. She passed just two or three years after jim. Jims fortune went to Pam, and after Pam went to members of Pam's family. The morrison family sued, and the fortune was split between the two families. She still remains a bit of a mystery to me. Definitely rare footage of her..
Qu'est-ce qu'elle était belle et radieuse, et tellement mystérieuse!
(Unlike the comments section..)
This film is excellent!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the upload. 👍 ✌️
Fascinating. Thank you for your efforts. A little close to the bone - an invasion into private moments that made me feel quite uncomfortable. One wishes that Jim and Pam could have become healthy and happy and lived a normal and banal but good life but it seems that by the time they got to Paris either or both of them may have been too far down their path of addiction to recover. They're still just kids in this footage (assuming that it is Jim filming) and could have lived for another 60 or more years.
Why did Jim and Pamela go to Paris?
@@theresaakins2317 he was facing a possible conviction in the U.S. for the Florida incident.
Sad and true. Poor Jim was already in late stages of alcoholism by this point, I think.
@@charlesdrake3125 I think he was already found guilty and sentenced. The appeal was pending and he was on bail.
Was Pam already a junkie when she met Jim?
Thank You for posting this. I have always been a DOORS fan. Such sad endings for them both.
Thank you so much for this.
My family’s home movies were on 8mm. We’d play ours on a little projector that spooled the film. Looking back, how strange they didn’t have audio. As for this footage, just a girl frolicking in a cemetery. Too bad drugs cut their lives short. A real waste and sadness left for many in their wake.
You're exactly right... sadness for many in their wake. Unfortunately, drug users aren't too concerned about those closest to them.
I think Jim was drunk when he filmed this.
I’m seasick from watching
"I see your hair is burning,
Hills are filled with fire.
If they say I never loved you,
You know they are a liar."
🦎 Jame Douglas Morrison 🦎
Pamela is stunning and I understand how and why she was Jim's muse.
But actually, Jim was paying homage to his favorite city, Los Angeles...outlying fires in the hills around LA did happen back then...and still do.
@@curbozerboomer1773indeed, it had nothing to do with Pam.
I've seen Robbie say it was about L.A. But I think it could have been about both. I think Jim would have liked that. Pam, with her beautiful red hair. And I think he did love her.
Great footage
Special video of the beautiful Pamela in Paris France for her love ❤James .
Let's live so our loved ones are gonna be at least less sorry that we are, in our aching heart.
You're realizing, that good memories are in the same basket as the un-healing wounds that are tattooed in our hearts, only when you get older.
It's effing hurt.
To my brothers and sisters taking a walk in the underworld, let's be kind too each other's and connect with the eternal, grateful/authentic opened heart as a statement of blessing to the future world so it get all its acts together... this, one act of generosity/smile at the time...
Nicely written. Thank you for taking the time.
Absolutely, thank you for sharing. He shared part of his life and his music with us it’s nice to see a little bit from the inside.
Some people live a life time in 27 years.
Soulmates are always destined to die together.
Too bad this gem doesn't have audio.
R.I.P Jim & Pam. Forever.💐💖
I was very fortunate to visit Jim's grave in Paris ! They say that it's the only one continually guarded by security. I think Jim would have gotten a kick out of it !
Haunting
the way she is galloping around the graveyard confirms to me that she was batshit crazy
Almost witchy
“Maybe I was just crazy maybe it was the 60s”
60s chicks give off that vibe to me. Joplin, Slick, Faithfull etc..love Janis though. She was so cool.
She looks silly to me. Good for a laugh
Hahaha
Pamela Courson was too much gorgeous . She was sexy and so beautiful . How i wish she could be there in this World . Life is beautiful . God bless Pamela Courson. Holy Spirit for her . Amen .
Holy Spirit and salvation Jesus of Nazareth🙏🏼
Thank you. This was why TH-cam was invented.
My first thought was Jim Jim graduated Film School and this is not filmed like someone that graduated Film School
Or......someone very drunk graduated film school 😂😂
Perfect couple ❤ He truly loved Pam .
Thank you💚💚
Really beautiful girl..... Very emotional...
Wow es maravilloso poder ver a Pam realmente se siente su buena vibra , y el misticismo q los caracterizaban, con solo verla se siente una sensación extraña.
Está cinta es un verdadero tesoro, gracias y saludos a todos los fans de los Doors desde México
Great comment
Incredible. With gratitude
This footage is both erie and romantic. Jim had many facets. He was rage and sex. He was intellectual and brutish, peaceful and unsettling. Pam may have been his muse. I can't help but feel sad to see her skipping through the cemetery and how each of them felt so comfortable and secure among the dead. Surely they both understood that the course they were taking was leading towards an untimely end. Maybe in this moment the fame and the pressure of the persona of being Jim Morrison as the public came to know him faded away and he felt some level of bliss looking at his love through the lens. Maybe a message being sent that it would only be through the escape of death that they might feel free enough to enjoy each other in that way. I find the location of the cemetary interesting as he pans in and out of focus on Pam and the images of the head stones. I dont know really, but theres something more they're expressing here.
Wow this is a first!, probably not long after this Jim heard the scream of the butterfly...
She was such a beauty. I can see why she was a muse to Morrison.
she was anything special as good looking women go
@@benadams1661 "Anything special"? What do you mean?..I think you mean that she was good-looking--but not great-looking, right?
She had beautiful red hair. You don’t see cute natural red heads much anymore. All too caught up in peroxide.
I can see why Jim never made it as a movie maker
OMG 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 this is so cool... she’s picking Poppy flowers at the end..... foreshadowing♾️
I wonder why, when Pam died, how come they didn’t bury her with Jim?? it just doesn’t seem right for them not to be buried together. But it’s eerie that Jim is recording at a grave. He always seem to have a great intuition. On things ahead of Time…. Rest easy Jim.
I read somewhere that the Courson family had said that it was too complicated to get her body sent over to France so they just decided to cremate her. I’m sure Pamela would have wanted to be buried next to Jim, it’s what they both would have wanted. It’s just upsetting that her family couldn’t get past all the legal complications, however I would like to believe that somewhere in another life they are reconnected :)
I think there was some bad blood there, btwn the Morrisons and Pam, over Jim's estate. I should add, if what I read is true...ya never know.
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 well i seen it and it was said by the doors road manager that she was the worst thing that ever happen to Jim. And he should know. Eye witness accountant. Tbh. But i think even Ray and the guys said she was just bad for him. Toxic
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 I also read once that she Pam, once slapped him in the face really hard. At a air port. And told the guys. U see that’s why I never date a red head. Like wow!!! Jim get rid of her ass
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 he deserved better but the heart wants what the heat wants
I’m going to watch this a million times
That’s all? ;)
Once again I flabbergasted by new Doors related footage I've never seen. 👍
She seemed like a sweet person.
But psicodelic like acid.
She was a slag. Give over!
You cannot tell such things just by a person's appearance!
She looks angelic and innocent, but looks are deceptive. She was a toughie by all accounts.
After her fix.
The sixties and early seventies...i was 18 in 68....mostly bullshitters who ended up going home to mommy and daddy. Tough times for the lazy crowd who thought they could stone their way to happiness. The seedy pot with sticks and twigs . Parks full of confused lazy kids. The music was incredible the smell of incense. Tie dyes...head bands...beads...loved it loved it loved it.
Grazie del caricamento ❤
Drugs suck. Very sad. RIP
He knew.😪 Wish he had chosen another path, but his own destiny was in his hands. ❤️🌈🕊️💐🙏
Sad girl she was so Lost. She had some injection of pure french Heroin with his'friend de breteuil ....we know the story
seeing Pam in that diaphanous white blouse makes her appear ghostly.
also, his images were out of focus at some moments. only contributing to the ghostly-like image of Pam.
RIP Pam & Jim ❤
Love Pam ❤
They both must have been fascinated with DEATH. Or maybe just PEACE.
Beutiful woman baby pam courson I love you mi love true
Oneheadlight, thanks for sharing this with us, the Riders on the Storm. 💔 ☮
Its my pleasure…really .👍
Emblematico. ..3 anos depois estariam os 2 mortos no cemiterio.....a Vida é um fio. ..tudo vai acabar. ..nao se leva nada...por isso a Vida é pra ser vivida. .....
Damn, what an omen!
It appears this film is about the afterlife from Jim Morrison's perspective. At least it seems that he purposely shot frames out-of-focus to communicate the transition. This is the first time I've seen it and I know almost nothing about Jim Morrison.
You are the first person to suggest the out-of-focus sections were purposely done. I agree
@@oneheadlight7172 I thought the same when first watching this, and then watching it again much later. I thought that he was getting used to the operation of the camera, but also doing it on purpose for his reasons alone.
He graduated from University, UCLA, i think in1965. His major was movie. So, i guess, he knew what he was doing. Academic, talented person. An icon, a legend.
@@Marija-dx4vzBut remember that most probably he was stoned immaculate while filming this
Beautiful video ghostly indeed
Obviously, she was a train wreck but talk about a quintessential hippie chick, lovely hair ..I can see where he would be enthralled by her girl next-door cuteness, and c’est la vie attitude
She’s kind of like a faerie… very cute but strangely eerie.
@@desertrose1226 scary fairy
THE SCENE WHERE PAM IS AT THE GATE IS VERY HAUNTING
I can read lips- she is saying, "You are, you're perfect and I love you always and for all eternity'.... that is what I see her saying. Kim
Thank you🙏🏼♥️
@@NataschaBianca Surely, I was partially deaf as a teen and I learned to read lips :). Thanks for saying that ......:) Have a super night and listen to Jim Morrison all the time- read his poetry it is lovely. He wrote one poem about a sparrow- lovely.... Kimberly
Wow-- I can't believe it. She said that exactly.. how beautiful
I think is not what she say...absolutely