Watch A Rare Led Zeppelin Film That Was Discovered In A Shed In New Zealand

On February 25, 1972, Led Zeppelin took the stage at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, for the third show of their six-date Australasian tour. Among the crowd was 20-year-old cinematographer Lloyd Godman, who had brought along his 8mm movie camera. Standing close to the stage, he managed to capture rare footage of the legendary rock band in full performance.

What happened next? The film sat untouched in a shed for nearly 50 years.

Unearthing Rock History

For decades, Godman had no idea he was sitting on a piece of rock history. It wasn’t until recently that he decided to send the film off to be digitized.

“I knew I had this roll of film in the shed, so I sent it off to get digitized,” Godman told the New Zealand Herald. “I knew there was band stuff on it, but I didn’t know what it was. It came back, and there was the Zeppelin film.”

Though the original footage was silent and in rough condition, a Zeppelin historian in the U.S. took on the challenge of synchronizing it with audio recordings from the same concert. The result? A stunning five-minute glimpse into a 1972 Led Zeppelin show is now available for fans to experience on the LedZepFilm YouTube channel.

A Rock Time Capsule

The newly restored footage features clips from some of Zeppelin’s most iconic songs, including Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, Rock and Roll, and Whole Lotta Love. Though grainy and incomplete, it’s an incredible find for Zeppelin fans, offering a rare window into the band’s electrifying stage presence during their prime.

What started as an old film collecting dust has now become a priceless piece of music history—one that proves Led Zeppelin’s magic is timeless.

Watch this rare video of Led Zeppelin below: