Newly surfaced Woodstock footage shows Jimi Hendrix's set filmed from the stage
'Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock - A Second Look' premiered on 18 August, built around half-inch videotape a 22-year-old drama student shot about 15 feet from Hendrix in 1969.
Aug 18, 2026
Credit: Experience Hendrix L.L.C. (via source)
A new film assembled around long-stored footage of Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock closing set premiered via the official Jimi Hendrix YouTube channel on 18 August, timed to the festival's anniversary. Titled Live at Woodstock - A Second Look, it draws on half-inch black-and-white videotape shot by Albert Goodman, then a 22-year-old drama student, who talked his way onto the stage and set up a camera roughly 15 feet from where Hendrix played.
Hendrix closed Woodstock on the morning of 18 August 1969 in Bethel, New York, fronting the short-lived Gypsy Sun and Rainbows. Goodman's tape captures parts of that performance from an angle the well-known festival documentary never had, including Purple Haze, Voodoo Child, Message to Love, Hear My Train a Comin' and the improvised Star-Spangled Banner. He held onto the recording for decades before passing it to Hendrix's family.
The presentation streamed free online, with the full video later posted to the Hendrix channel.
Credit: Experience Hendrix L.L.C. (via source)
Why it matters
Hendrix's Woodstock set is one of the most analyzed performances in electric guitar history, and almost all of the moving images of it trace back to a single film crew. Footage from a second camera, shot up close, is a genuine addition to the visual record.
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