The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Performs ’Music for Head Ballet’ (1967) | British Pathé

Check out the bizarre ’Music for Head Ballet’ performance from the 1960s psychedelic gag band ’The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band’ in this hilarious archive footage. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #Music #PerformanceArt #Band #Ballet #Gags At the very start of this film a frame can be seen from the 1967 video ’Body Paint’, you can watch it on its page in our free online film archive here: Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - “Music for Head Ballet“ Great fun musical item featuring this 1960s band. They are performing “Music For Head Ballet“. BRITISH PATHÉ’S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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