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Caption: Eight Miles High: Historic Home Movie Rediscovered

Posted: 06/04/2008 10:58am

Category: Music

In 1965, The Byrds' Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, and David Crosby wrote the song Eight Miles High about their plane trip to England. Two years later, the group returned to London and McGuinn took along his home movie camera. Editing inside the camera, McGuinn created a one-take short film that Paul McCartney called "brilliant." In this Growing Bolder exclusive, McGuinn tells the story of this historic film -- and then shows it!

Check out a film by Bruce Conner that inspired Roger to make Eight Miles High

Be sure to check out Roger's page on Growing Bolder

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craviola990
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Posted 7:21 am September 6th, 2008

WOW!!! I was so hoping something like this existed. :-) The interior airliner shots looking out appear to be a SUD Caravelle, or maybe a BAC-One-Eleven.

Maybe inter-city flying to Sweden for the "Drop-In" TV appearance???

At the end, I'm seeing an Alitalia DC-8, and a VERY RARE BEA Vickers Vanguard!!!

If you blink, you'll miss Chris & David too. ;-)

FASCINATING about the film being used at the Whiskey.

Thanks so much as always Roger.

Christian
Lawrence G. Miller
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Posted 7:20 pm July 17th, 2008
Great recovery of some cool history. The best thing - 8 Miles High is still one of the greatest songs of all time. Go Roger!
41star
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Posted 3:18 am June 10th, 2008

I had never seen the whole film before now, just clips. Bravo, Fantastic. I was there in the '60s as well and grew and learned guitar from these songs - it says a lot about those times. Thanks Roger.

Woff, Woff!
leetaylor
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Posted 9:55 am June 7th, 2008
Roger -
Nice work man - you may have missed your calling... Just saw the Stones movie - wish it had more doc stuff (it's mostly show) but still a must see.
My favorite song - but you know that ;-) Thanks for trip back in time.
How do you feel about reposting it ?
Thanks~Harleywood [:-{)
P.S.ARE YOU GOING TO THE CSN REUNION SHOW?
Pat Flannagan
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Posted 3:59 pm June 5th, 2008
Marvelous trippy stuff. Like London on speed. Nice mix of 2-4-2 Fox Trot Lear Jet Song into Eight Miles High and good to hear Captain Soul again. Warning, could induce ADD in persons younger than yesterday. Thanks for retrieving this from the back pages for us. Pat Flannagan, Eustis, Florida