After lying in a private collection for over 40 years, some extremely rare footage of Syd Barrett performing with Pink Floyd has been unearthed and restored and will be screened as part of the British Film Institute’s annual Missing Believed Wiped event next month in London.
The found footage is from the seminal psychedelic band’s July 1967 appearance on Top Of The Pops where they played See Emily Play and hasn’t been seen since the show’s original airing.
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Unfortunately, this will probably not be footage of them “playing” See Emily Play. As documented in several Floyd histories, the band was required to lip-synch on TOTP — Syd was NOT happy doing it. Still, it’s historic footage, documenting a time when the band was on the rise as Syd was just starting to fracture.