Todays technology can clean this video up a great deal. I wish someone would do this for us Elvis fans. This captures a moment that took place around 2:30 PM Memphis time. I find this footage to be fascinating.
Unfortunately this is a copy of the original. Not sure how hard it would be to clean this up being it being filmed from the original video. If the original 8mm could be found, it could be cleaned up
you never said a truer word , to have this footage even 50% clearer would be awesome so hard to see but yes you can see wat looks like a trolly and a long white sheet ,would love to see it clearer and someone MUST clean it up !!
True the did it with the beatles videos it's a painstaking task to do as I've seen how it's done but yes it would be well worth it for all of us elvis fans
Amazing footage. Billy from The Spa Guy found and bought this ambulance and it’s now on display at a small museum in Memphis. He found it run down in someone’s backyard. They bought it at an auction in 1991. Crazy.
Well well well! This has really got me in the pit of my stomach , amazingly unique footage to surface after all this time! Elvis put in the ambulance in the hot afternoon of 16th August 1977... leaving Graceland ..., considering what we know now of that day and what the photographer couldn't possibly have known at that moment...my god thats eerie R.I.P.
......and now, forty three years later, we still mourn him. After all these decades it’s still hard to come to grips with the fact that he’s gone. He would’ve been in his mid-80’s now......which is difficult to imagine.
At 2:04 point, if you look at the front of the ambulance, you can see paramedics leaning over, running and pushing the gurney to the rear of the ambulance. You can see white silhouettes. Just click on 2:04 repetitively over and over, and eventually your eyes will see it. Today's Gurney's are much higher, today's paramedics do not need to lean way over like that. This particular Gurnee is extremely low. I find this footage to be haunting.. It's just absolutely incredible, that someone captured this at the precise moment that Elvis was being transported from Graceland to the ER. I wish the spa guy would investigate this entire event, on this horrible, Dreadful day.
I lived in Memphis 10 years while Elvis was alive and 20 years after he died. I never went past Graceland when someone wasn't there with a camera of some kind. Just imagine if today's technology existed back then.
I looked at this @2:04 and think I see the side of the ambulance and to the left side of the screen I see something white. However, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say it's the medic pushing a gurney. There is some movement but to me it likes a "digging" motion that figure is making. Also, from where this action is taking place it seems like it's too far away from back of the ambulance and not positioned right from where Graceland's front door entrance is. This is just what I see and what I make of this grainy video. Who took this video by the way and how do we know it's legit?
@@s.t.3181 From what I understand according to the Spa Guy and his videos about the ambulance and everything he put together at the Tigerman museum, there was a custom van that had Elvis painted all over it and it touring the country. Well just so happened that morning it was in Memphis right across from Graceland because they were waiting for Elvis to wake up so they could show him the van. The people with the van were the ones who had the camera and were recording the van, Graceland and the area when they heard the Ambulance and ofcourse planned with camera to see where it was going etc. And then ofcourse when they saw it go into Graceland they were curious to what happened and everyone figured something had happened to Elvis' dad Vernon since he had been I'll recently anyway. Ofcourse the news comes out later that Elvis passed. Spa Guy also found out that the custom Van burned to the ground a few years later but I cant remember what year he said. He wanted to buy that van for his museum too but ofcourse it no longer exists. You can see him tell the story on his videos here on RUclips alot better than I can. Just look up Spa Guy Ambulance.
Even if I could, I would not want Elvis’s life. He could never do the things that we all take for granted. No McDonald’s, no walks, no shopping, no school plays his daughter might be in, etc.........Even with his friends all around I bet you he was a lonely man. Probably only felt normal when on stage. I actually feel sorry for him.
I love Elvis and I think he's the best but to be honest with you don't you reason he got so big was because there was hardly anything going on back then. He would have eventually faded out if he was still alive because other musicians would have been coming into work better believe it or not. If he was born in today's society his music one of hit so hard. But his music is awesome because it's a part of History
This was the saddest day in my life. So painful to see all the activity that happened at Graceland on that day. Relives everything like it happened yesterday and brings a lot of sadness to my heart. There will never be another Elvis. God Bless him and May His Soul REST IN PEACE🙏🏼
Saddest day of your life ? What about when your mommy and daddy died ? The one's who loved you and took care of you ? The one's who were always there for you ? What about your childhood dog ? Your best friend , Always by your side. What about family members and friends ? Do you think Elvis would have said Oh ' Karen has died It's the saddest day of my life ! Elvis was nothing but an image , a painted imagine by society in those days. He lived a comfortable life , pushed on him by Those who were looking for something to idolize. He couldn't take the pressure and did himself in. Even he knew he was nothing no more than human and couldn't take it. That's what happens when society Creates an Image. He was not a God. He was not a king. He was a victim of society , He portrayed the part in society Of drama , financial wealth and a glamorous lifestyle. It got the best of him. People should let it go And quit fantasizing over a dead man. Visit your parents grave , And give a moment of thought Who the real heroes I'm your life were ?
@@keithclark486 Who the hell are you to tell me about sadness and whomsoever I feel sad about. I am sad for you because you are so ignorant and trying to preach to someone whom you don’t know and about their emotions or sadness even if it is be Elvis Presley. To each his own and none of your business. Emotions ebb and flow and you can move through sadness to a more positive emotion. We have many saddest days in our life and it can vary from person to person. Go practice what you preach and quit fantasizing over your thoughts on other people. Keep it to yourself and live and let live according to each one’s wishes and emotions. Today is the saddest day in my life knowing of people like you. Get it?
@@karenbavington1870 You and people like you are the said one's Mentally sick obsession over an image , Actually an image that couldn't handle the stress because of people like you living a pipedream So he checked himself out " Fact " Don't feel sad for me Wouldn't want to take away from the fantasy You've lived your life for. BTW Elvis wouldn't have give a rats ass for you and the other millions of people who are still sitting around in missery.
@@keithclark486 Get lost you ignorant moron and go to primary school first. What would you know. You can’t even spell SAD and MISERY. Now go back into your hole.
Did you notice people running up hill when they saw hearse. Similar to people running up the grassy knoll with Kennedy assinassination. So eerie. Caroline Kennedy went as reporter and funreal. She knew that day well!! B
Thank you so much Jay Gordon for sharing this video. The quality may not be that great, but the content is priceless. Greatly appreciate it. There will never be another Elvis! Never! I’m so glad I was actually alive during his lifetime and had the privilege to see him live in concert five times. I will never forget it! Thanks again. God bless.
Had this terrible sad event happened today there would've been a slew of helicopters, media & even drones. Back then you could tell just by this how completely different everything was. Not like today where it seems the media is a constant 24 hour oiled machine that just won't let up. It's like a merry go round that won't stop. Just now seeing this for the first time. I was only 9 when Elvis died. I still remember seeing it on the news. When my dad first saw it it's like he froze for a little while & just couldn't believe it. He's a big Elvis fan. He got me into his music. Just think NO social media back then. Everyone relied on tv, radio & newspapers for the news.
Gosh that is so sad. Amazing piece of Rock n Roll history. I see spa guy has posted that they have found that actual ambulance, and it will be in a new museum in Memphis.
I have seen and examined this video many times . From all accounts that would be Dr Nick driving up the driveway . If you look real close at the back of the ambulance while Dr Nick is pulling up to the ambulance, you can actually see them loading Elvis into the back on a gurnee . You then see Dr Nick jump in and the doors close and the ambulance immediately drives off. This coincides exactly with Dr Nicks account and others from the scene whom I have heard talk in great detail about that day.
Agreed. What's this footage shows is consistent with what I read & heard too. Esp. Dr Nick's account about racing to Graceland and arriving just as the ambulance was preparing to leave and jumping on board "Breathe Presley, breathe". If this is actually footage of that event it should be restored.
@@robbielavine5249 at 2:10 , if you are looking at the back of the ambulance, you can actually see the gurnee with Elvis' body being loaded . By all accounts , including Dr Nicks , he arrived just as they were pushing him to the ambulance . That was Dr Nick in the Merecedes driving up the driveway at speed . My wife just pointed out as Nicks car gets up to the ambulance , you can see the gurnee being pushed from the steps to the ambulance , and then a couple seconds later , at 2: 10 you see them lift the gurnee into the ambulance and Dr Nick jump in .
@@ornellabarbaro3861 Spooky, possibly. But I don’t think it’s disrespectful. Elvis’ cousin Billy Smith is involved with the project, so at least that part of the family does not feel disrespected. I think they preserved a piece of history and significance. Lincoln’s chair he was shot in, Kennedy’s Lincoln convertible he was killed in, Bonnie & Clyde’s ambush car, and Jayne Mansfield’s accident car, at least one of Hitler’s cars, and the car Archduke Ferdinand & wife were assassinated in all exist and can be viewed. I’m curious how you feel about each of those items?
@@mattskustomkreations Just the same...I've just have a sunken terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. The way I looked at it is, if Elvis' bedroom and washroom, where he pasted were closed to the public, that would tell me that the his cousin disrespected the Presley family. ( Lisa and her children ) It's a place of pain for them. I can imagine the ambulance! Now, from what I've said, does this make sense to you? I truly believe this will be painful and disrespectful to the family, especially because thief still alive. Extended family are sometimes blinded by money and fame. Remember when one of Elvis' family members took the photo of Elvis body in the coffin? Then sold it to the enquirer. Nah it's plain wrong. Use propaganda for $$$$ against your own blood. I don't know about These spa guy's. I think I saw the a few times on you tube and just turned them off. The whole point, never mind how I feel, but how does the imidiate family feel? No wonder the Presley's turn their backs on some family members and especially so called close friends,Red, Sonny and that other jack ass who wrote the so called help book to save Elvis. Ugh. What an excuse. But that's not here of their now. Thanks for responding from one fan to another.
A sad day that was and still is. This man Elvis with his voice and personality with looks was given by God. Elvis will always be in my heart till my last breath. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎵🎶
jaygordon1033 Yes, August 16, 1977, was a shock to all Elvis fans. At that time I was 19 years old. And here in Germany, it was 20: 15h in the evening, when the sad came after. Even today, fans wonder why he died so early. And they speculate about what happened. I do not want to participate in speculating. R.I.P. Elvis.
Wow. You can see Dr. Nick's car speeding up the driveway to get in the ambulance. I will never forget that day. I was 8 and the rain just poured all day in lower central Michigan. Always wished I could go to back in time to Graceland August 16, 1977 at 5:30 am when he returned from the raquetball court to tell Elvis what was about to happen to stop it. RIP ELVIS
Cant stop Death. God had given Elvis enough chances and this is what had to happen. As far as Elvis could not do anything if he just went out on a regular basis people would have god used to seeing him but then Elvis and the Colonel knew if he stayed secluded his popularity would expand greatly.
@@KCinvestigates hi patty, I believe Allanah Nash said he had just pulled up and hopped in the ambulance... It was also in Joe's book. I may be wrong.... I've read almost all the biographies..
Why hasn't anyone tried to restore this footage, it's very strange that footage so rare and historic is so lacking in quality, maybe there's something in it were not supposed to see
@ I know a lot about a lot watch and learn IS THE BAD LANGUAGE NECESSARY????? FOR GOODNESS SAKE SHOW SOME RESPECT!!!! PEOPLE ARE HURTING HERE, WATCHING THIS FOOTAGE!!!!!
I don’t understand what the big about the ambulance is. It was two years old when Elvis was in it, probably had a thousand more people in after. Now a real find would be that conversation van in the beginning of the video.
For Bob Bish, WOW, I was 13 as well when Elvis passed (Hard to say died, crazy), memories from the announcement on the radio, to telling my mom, who plain broke down! Like it was yesterday, crystal clear!
I was also 13 years old and I heard the news on my clock radio in my room. I went downstairs and told my mother who was in the living room. I remember her reaction too.
What are the odds the person was filming this and caught this footage ive read bout this in tons of books. Dr Nick comes flying up the driveway and the pages of the story comes to life in this film. Incredible
So, I remember the day that Elvis died. He was an aging performer from yester-year. It wasn't a big deal to young people. There were no big crowds. This video does look authentic. Back in 1977, average people did not have video recorders. The price of a video recording system was way more than most people could afford. Average folk were still recording on Super 8mm film, for home movies. Hey, I was there people. Believe me, I know. This looks like old raw video footage from a local news camera, possibly one of the local news stations, trying to capture the moment for national news...
Sadly at the 2:04 clock, Elvis was already dead for a minimum of 4 hours. Also when the ambulance exits the gates at the bottom of the driveway. The person in the wagon facing the light witnessed the ambulance leaving Graceland. They never knew at that precise moment that Elvis Presley was dead. A terrible sad tragedy on August 16th 1977.
It seems the people that owned the van filmed it, the van was customized with an Elvis portrait at the back, on the spare wheel cover, and they went trying to show it to Elvis, they also went to film the van in front of the Graceland Gate, little they imagined that the King was dead by then and that the ambulance they saw inside Graceland was a carrying his body. Long live the King and his music
Its really unique, but its not that unbelievable, like the footage of Kennedy in Dallas, Im sure there were people stopping by Graceland from all over the world taking photos and a bit of cine-cam all the time...the fact that he saw something unusual happening he kept filming
That looks like the way I remember the world as a little kid in the 70s. Cars were huuuuuge. My mother had a 76 Chrysler New Yorker, that, and I am not kidding, you could lay down in the back seat, like a bed.
It would be great if this footage gets restored and cleaned up so it can be viewed clearer. You see when dr. Nick races up to Graceland and just barley make out the stretcher with Elvis being loaded into the ambulance in the beginning.
To those who suggest that this be cleaned up, I’m not sure it can be. This was probably watched through a projector hundreds of times and then probably copied to VHS. The main problem is the distance from the camera to Graceland without a good zoom. But man, what an opportune moment to capture.
Thank you for this ultra rare film,we can see activity around the ambulance but the image is too blurry to know exactly what's happening.Would you have the original 8 mm reel so that we could remastered and have a clear shot of this one in a lifetime document.Please message me so we can talk about this.This is one in a lifetime opportunity.thank you Mr.Gordon
Elvis Presley died in 1977, and I was born in 1979, so I wouldn't know if he truly was the King of Rock 'N Roll, let alone faked his own death or actually die. I don't know any more than anybody else does. The only thing I know the most about Elvis is his music and how to enjoy it. That's all I'm gonna say.
Yes he did and the Colonel took steps to keep his money coming in by getting VERNON to sign some legal papers so the Colonel could still make money off of ELVIS’S FAME!!!!! SHAME ON YOU PARKER!!!! YOU WERE AND STILL ARE HATED BY SO MANY PEOPLE FOR THE WAY YOU TREATED ELVIS!!!!!
There has been so many comments about how ELVIS died. One being he suffered from constipation and was straining on his throne, which caused ELVIS’S HEART to stop. Morphine and many other medications can cause constipation but there are medications that help with such a problem. I know as I take quite a lot of Morphine and Codeine so to avoid the problem of constipation I take MOVICOL. Which I’m sure ELVIS would have been prescribed something similar to help/stop this problem. At the end of the day we lost a fantastic talented person, who is miss by millions of people, so does it really matter how ELVIS died as long as we remember and honour his memory.
Some say it was the drugs that killed him, others say it was his heart and some say he did not die. However I say it was the fans who simply would not leave him alone. He is just another man that has great talents and good looks. Plus he did not like being called the King. He said only God should be called the king
Who knew to film that footage? How did they know the ambulance was there ? Was this already planned and how did they arrange such a massive funeral so quickly ?
If you think he faked his death, I can say he didn't. Elvis had been taking many drugs that had been destroying his body surely, he used liquid cocaine to wake up for goodness sakes. His lifestyle ruins him. I am a fan of Elvis and love him and his music dearly, but I cannot deny any of those things he did. He died of a heart attack on August 16 most likely due to his lifestyle. If he did fake his death, he obviously doesn't want to be found.
This footage happens to be from a cpl on vacation with hopes of showing Elvis their van they customized with his face, as he was known to come down to the gates to visit fans. The husband noticed the commotion on the property with the ambulance and told his wife to start filming, they had no idea at the time what they were capturing. The original footage was sold to a man in Canada directly from the man and his wife and that was their story.
One of the Memphis Mafia, I think it was Charlie R,said in an interview that Dr. Nick told him and Vernon towards the end that Elvis also had bone cancer. The interview is here on You Tube. IF this is really true, Elvis was very sick and maybe he'd had enough and wanted out. Either way, what a sad loss for everyone. I wonder if his autopsy report will ever be released.
J Walker it was actually his colon. He didnt pass his stool like regular folk. His colon was extremely large and fecal matter was often trapped causing him to often strain when attempting to defecate; thereby pressuring the heart to val down
J Walker, No Elvis were not dying from bone cancer: The autopsy team extracted bone marrow samples, and tested them extensively and found no bone cancer anywhere.
@@AprilCampbell There's actually a video on RUclips of Dr Nick saying that. He said the colon was solid like concrete. Then again he could have said that from the beginning. But he changed his stories so many times.
As Im watching this its the greatest public service announcement of all time. "DON'T DO DRUGS" The hanger on friends of Elvis if they had any balls would have said this is where your heading Elvis Let's Stop The Drugs. His Dr. Was a slimeball and should be ashamed that he took Elvis from the world
The day the dream died elvis can be save but most of his inner circle just stood and Watch his weight just ballooned his inner circle just stood and watch what I heard in July 1977 he was very ill nobody talked about it god give us intelegince no body make use of it just sit and watch this are facts I really loved him although 40 over years no want can touch him
There is a 911 tape of that day and the whole thing is approximately an hour long, give or take. If you go to the museum in Memphis they actually play the recording for you. I'd love to hear it and see that ambulance. I can only imagine the impression it leaves in you. I had just turned 10 years old the day before this happened. I'll never forget August 16. 1977 and hearing the news break in around 3:30 pm in the afternoon (maybe a little later) to let the world know that Elvis had died. I am surprised the recording of the 911 call has never made it on the internet after all these years. I understand there is a lot to hear on that call/radio.
I downloaded this video, I will run it through some software and clean it up, looks like the white balance is high as well as the gain as it looks like it was filmed on a 8mm camera . I will run it through a 8mm camera simulator and transfer to hi8 film and then import to my computer and reencode it to 4k if that doesn't work then 1080p for sure. stay tuned...I will post updates here.
Its a Datsun Z80. (David Stanley owned such a car). Dr Nick drove a Mercedes-Benz. It can be seen at 2:16 but only for one or two seconds- So you have to be quick or slow the video down
I'm not understanding this. On the header photo of this video it showed a much clearer photo of an ambulance and an arrow pointing to the car in front. What was that all about? Also this appears to be daylight. I thought all this happened at night.
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Todays technology can clean this video up a great deal. I wish someone would do this for us Elvis fans. This captures a moment that took place around 2:30 PM Memphis time. I find this footage to be fascinating.
Well said yes with today's technology they can do wonders with cleaning videos up
Unfortunately this is a copy of the original. Not sure how hard it would be to clean this up being it being filmed from the original video. If the original 8mm could be found, it could be cleaned up
you never said a truer word , to have this footage even 50% clearer would be awesome so hard to see but yes you can see wat looks like a trolly and a long white sheet ,would love to see it clearer and someone MUST clean it up
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True the did it with the beatles videos it's a painstaking task to do as I've seen how it's done but yes it would be well worth it for all of us elvis fans
If the original video or tape reel exists they could do wonders with it!
Amazing footage. Billy from The Spa Guy found and bought this ambulance and it’s now on display at a small museum in Memphis. He found it run down in someone’s backyard. They bought it at an auction in 1991. Crazy.
Incredible that this moment was captured. The person filming would never have guessed. Just an innocent day.
Well well well! This has really got me in the pit of my stomach , amazingly unique footage to surface after all this time! Elvis put in the ambulance in the hot afternoon of 16th August 1977... leaving Graceland ..., considering what we know now of that day and what the photographer couldn't possibly have known at that moment...my god thats eerie R.I.P.
Amazing film footage. Thank you for sharing! RIP El!
......and now, forty three years later, we still mourn him. After all these decades it’s still hard to come to grips with the fact that he’s gone. He would’ve been in his mid-80’s now......which is difficult to imagine.
I didn’t even realize he died so young
At 2:04 point, if you look at the front of the ambulance, you can see paramedics leaning over, running and pushing the gurney to the rear of the ambulance. You can see white silhouettes. Just click on 2:04 repetitively over and over, and eventually your eyes will see it. Today's Gurney's are much higher, today's paramedics do not need to lean way over like that. This particular Gurnee is extremely low. I find this footage to be haunting.. It's just absolutely incredible, that someone captured this at the precise moment that Elvis was being transported from Graceland to the ER. I wish the spa guy would investigate this entire event, on this horrible, Dreadful day.
I lived in Memphis 10 years while Elvis was alive and 20 years after he died. I never went past Graceland when someone wasn't there with a camera of some kind. Just imagine if today's technology existed back then.
Amazing!
Yes this definitely needs to be remastered with today's technology and see what all comes in to view.
I looked at this @2:04 and think I see the side of the ambulance and to the left side of the screen I see something white. However, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say it's the medic pushing a gurney. There is some movement but to me it likes a "digging" motion that figure is making. Also, from where this action is taking place it seems like it's too far away from back of the ambulance and not positioned right from where Graceland's front door entrance is. This is just what I see and what I make of this grainy video. Who took this video by the way and how do we know it's legit?
@@s.t.3181 From what I understand according to the Spa Guy and his videos about the ambulance and everything he put together at the Tigerman museum, there was a custom van that had Elvis painted all over it and it touring the country. Well just so happened that morning it was in Memphis right across from Graceland because they were waiting for Elvis to wake up so they could show him the van. The people with the van were the ones who had the camera and were recording the van, Graceland and the area when they heard the Ambulance and ofcourse planned with camera to see where it was going etc. And then ofcourse when they saw it go into Graceland they were curious to what happened and everyone figured something had happened to Elvis' dad Vernon since he had been I'll recently anyway. Ofcourse the news comes out later that Elvis passed. Spa Guy also found out that the custom Van burned to the ground a few years later but I cant remember what year he said. He wanted to buy that van for his museum too but ofcourse it no longer exists. You can see him tell the story on his videos here on RUclips alot better than I can. Just look up Spa Guy Ambulance.
Even if I could, I would not want Elvis’s life. He could never do the things that we all take for granted. No McDonald’s, no walks, no shopping, no school plays his daughter might be in, etc.........Even with his friends all around I bet you he was a lonely man. Probably only felt normal when on stage. I actually feel sorry for him.
I love Elvis and I think he's the best but to be honest with you don't you reason he got so big was because there was hardly anything going on back then. He would have eventually faded out if he was still alive because other musicians would have been coming into work better believe it or not. If he was born in today's society his music one of hit so hard. But his music is awesome because it's a part of History
I think if he dressed down. He would fit in. He was of average height.
Same that’s also the problem Michel Jackson had
Steve, you felt sorry for Elvis?
Man was not created to by idolized like that. Only God is to be worshipped like that. Fame destroys you.
This is so crazy! You have a pretty valuable video. God Bless you Elvis
This was the saddest day in my life. So painful to see all the activity that happened at Graceland on that day. Relives everything like it happened yesterday and brings a lot of sadness to my heart. There will never be another Elvis. God Bless him and May His Soul REST IN PEACE🙏🏼
You are so right Karen there will never be another elvis presley may he rest in peace god bless him always
Saddest day of your life ?
What about when your mommy and daddy died ? The one's who loved you and took care of you ? The one's who were always there for you ? What about your childhood dog ?
Your best friend , Always by your side.
What about family members and friends ?
Do you think Elvis would have said
Oh ' Karen has died
It's the saddest day of my life !
Elvis was nothing but an image , a painted imagine by society in those days. He lived a comfortable life , pushed on him by
Those who were looking for something to idolize. He couldn't take the pressure and did himself in.
Even he knew he was nothing no more than human and couldn't take it. That's what happens when society
Creates an Image.
He was not a God.
He was not a king.
He was a victim of society , He portrayed the part in society
Of drama , financial wealth and a glamorous lifestyle.
It got the best of him.
People should let it go
And quit fantasizing over a dead man.
Visit your parents grave , And give a moment of thought Who the real heroes I'm your life were ?
@@keithclark486 Who the hell are you to tell me about sadness and whomsoever I feel sad about. I am sad for you because you are so ignorant and trying to preach to someone whom you don’t know and about their emotions or sadness even if it is be Elvis Presley. To each his own and none of your business. Emotions ebb and flow and you can move through sadness to a more positive emotion. We have many saddest days in our life and it can vary from person to person. Go practice what you preach and quit fantasizing over your thoughts on other people. Keep it to yourself and live and let live according to each one’s wishes and emotions. Today is the saddest day in my life knowing of people like you. Get it?
@@karenbavington1870
You and people like you are the said one's
Mentally sick obsession over an image , Actually an image that couldn't handle the stress because of people like you living a pipedream
So he checked himself out " Fact "
Don't feel sad for me
Wouldn't want to take away from the fantasy
You've lived your life for.
BTW Elvis wouldn't have give a rats ass for you and the other millions of people who are still sitting around in missery.
@@keithclark486 Get lost you ignorant moron and go to primary school first. What would you know. You can’t even spell SAD and MISERY. Now go back into your hole.
Kudos to the photographer for hanging around to see the hearse returning Elvis' body to Graceland. I don't believe I've ever seen that before.
Theres videos better on you tube of the herst bringing his body back to Graceland. Try Spa guys Elvis channel.
Did you notice people running up hill when they saw hearse. Similar to people running up the grassy knoll with Kennedy assinassination. So eerie. Caroline Kennedy went as reporter and funreal. She knew that day well!! B
This was all staged
Thank you so much Jay Gordon for sharing this video. The quality may not be that great, but the content is priceless. Greatly appreciate it. There will never be another Elvis! Never! I’m so glad I was actually alive during his lifetime and had the privilege to see him live in concert five times. I will never forget it! Thanks again. God bless.
5 Times? Good God Pam I'm simply
JEALOUS!!!! LOL-LOL
Sweet Lady WHERE (and When) did You See Elvis?
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Thank You Jay!!! I'm so grateful for this footage!!!
The biggest shock from the loss of an Artist the world ever witnessed.
Ricky That was SO WELL SUMMED UP SIR!!!!!!!!!
Wow historic piece of film. Videographer did great job of capturing such emotional events
A truly sad day in history. RIP Elvis. God bless you always xxxxxxxxxx
Captures Elvis leaving Graceland for the last time. Amazing this exists.
Simply amazing footage! I agree with everyone else, I wished with today's technology we could clean up this video to make it more clear.
As a curiosity, the ambulance was found in 2018 by Spa Guy, it was saved from destruction and complete oblivion.
2021
@@richardortiz8704 A video on his yt channel was from 2021, but an ambulance was found in 2018 as he said.
@@Patryczeeek-25 yes he found it in 2018 but got it in 2021 i think...
Obviously 8mm fottage
Had this terrible sad event happened today there would've been a slew of helicopters, media & even drones. Back then you could tell just by this how completely different everything was. Not like today where it seems the media is a constant 24 hour oiled machine that just won't let up. It's like a merry go round that won't stop. Just now seeing this for the first time. I was only 9 when Elvis died. I still remember seeing it on the news. When my dad first saw it it's like he froze for a little while & just couldn't believe it. He's a big Elvis fan. He got me into his music. Just think NO social media back then. Everyone relied on tv, radio & newspapers for the news.
Still terrible 42yrs. later! August 16th 2019.
Sadly, he was already long gone when the ambulance left.
Eerie to know and sad to see the reality that had not hit yet.
If you look real close, you can see the sheet over him when the put the gurney in the ambulance
You wasn't there!!!
@@Tnghost65 huh?
@@Tnghost65 i could see wat looked like it could be a body under the sheet but mostly the sheet !!
Wow, it was kind of eerie watching that. RIP Elvis.
This filled with priceless
you never see a projected film these days, just for that it is a joy to see
Gosh that is so sad. Amazing piece of Rock n Roll history. I see spa guy has posted that they have found that actual ambulance, and it will be in a new museum in Memphis.
It is amazing footage of the 20th century. Elvis transended music.
Yes I just watched the Spa Guy video this morning. He finally found the ambulance in somebody ‘s back yard.
I have seen and examined this video many times . From all accounts that would be Dr Nick driving up the driveway . If you look real close at the back of the ambulance while Dr Nick is pulling up to the ambulance, you can actually see them loading Elvis into the back on a gurnee . You then see Dr Nick jump in and the doors close and the ambulance immediately drives off. This coincides exactly with Dr Nicks account and others from the scene whom I have heard talk in great detail about that day.
Nah no one can see who it is. We can only assume that going by what we had been told about what happend that day
Agreed. What's this footage shows is consistent with what I read & heard too. Esp. Dr Nick's account about racing to Graceland and arriving just as the ambulance was preparing to leave and jumping on board "Breathe Presley, breathe". If this is actually footage of that event it should be restored.
No288 nah we know exactly who it was from the stories that have been told about that day and this video confirms it.
I can’t see it! I cannot see the ambulance and have watched it several times. What time stamp.
@@robbielavine5249 at 2:10 , if you are looking at the back of the ambulance, you can actually see the gurnee with Elvis' body being loaded . By all accounts , including Dr Nicks , he arrived just as they were pushing him to the ambulance . That was Dr Nick in the Merecedes driving up the driveway at speed . My wife just pointed out as Nicks car gets up to the ambulance , you can see the gurnee being pushed from the steps to the ambulance , and then a couple seconds later , at 2: 10 you see them lift the gurnee into the ambulance and Dr Nick jump in .
Rest In Paradise ⛪ 🎶 💒 🎶🌹🌷🍁🌹
You can now see the ambulance as it has just been placed in a museum in Memphis.
Actually if you go to the spy guys RUclips he says he found the ambulance
Yes, Spa Guy and others opened the Tiger Man Dojo - where Elvis used to train, and brought the ambulance there.
Creepy!!! And very very disrespectful to Elvis and his family. 🤔
@@ornellabarbaro3861 Spooky, possibly. But I don’t think it’s disrespectful. Elvis’ cousin Billy Smith is involved with the project, so at least that part of the family does not feel disrespected. I think they preserved a piece of history and significance. Lincoln’s chair he was shot in, Kennedy’s Lincoln convertible he was killed in, Bonnie & Clyde’s ambush car, and Jayne Mansfield’s accident car, at least one of Hitler’s cars, and the car Archduke Ferdinand & wife were assassinated in all exist and can be viewed. I’m curious how you feel about each of those items?
@@mattskustomkreations Just the same...I've just have a sunken terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach.
The way I looked at it is, if Elvis' bedroom and washroom, where he pasted were closed to the public, that would tell me that the his cousin disrespected the Presley family. ( Lisa and her children ) It's a place of pain for them. I can imagine the ambulance! Now, from what I've said, does this make sense to you? I truly believe this will be painful and disrespectful to the family, especially because thief still alive.
Extended family are sometimes blinded by money and fame. Remember when one of Elvis' family members took the photo of Elvis body in the coffin? Then sold it to the enquirer. Nah it's plain wrong. Use propaganda for $$$$ against your own blood. I don't know about These spa guy's. I think I saw the a few times on you tube and just turned them off.
The whole point, never mind how I feel, but how does the imidiate family feel?
No wonder the Presley's turn their backs on some family members and especially so called close friends,Red, Sonny and that other jack ass who wrote the so called help book to save Elvis. Ugh. What an excuse. But that's not here of their now. Thanks for responding from one fan to another.
A sad day that was and still is. This man Elvis with his voice and personality with looks was given by God. Elvis will always be in my heart till my last breath. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎵🎶
I remember that day well and would just as soon forget. Not a happy day.
I like Elvis
So dang cool that they found it
jaygordon1033
Yes, August 16, 1977, was a shock to all Elvis fans. At that time I was 19 years old. And here in Germany, it was 20: 15h in the evening, when the sad came after. Even today, fans wonder why he died so early. And they speculate about what happened. I do not want to participate in speculating. R.I.P. Elvis.
Wow. You can see Dr. Nick's car speeding up the driveway to get in the ambulance. I will never forget that day. I was 8 and the rain just poured all day in lower central Michigan. Always wished I could go to back in time to Graceland August 16, 1977 at 5:30 am when he returned from the raquetball court to tell Elvis what was about to happen to stop it. RIP ELVIS
I have thought that out in my head many times as well. I was 10.
Cant stop Death. God had given Elvis enough chances and this is what had to happen. As far as Elvis could not do anything if he just went out on a regular basis people would have god used to seeing him but then Elvis and the Colonel knew if he stayed secluded his popularity would expand greatly.
Dr. Nick was there before the ambulance arrived.
@@KCinvestigates hi patty, I believe Allanah Nash said he had just pulled up and hopped in the ambulance... It was also in Joe's book. I may be wrong.... I've read almost all the biographies..
He was already gone , they basically transported his shell. His beautiful soul was gone.
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Why hasn't anyone tried to restore this footage, it's very strange that footage so rare and historic is so lacking in quality, maybe there's something in it were not supposed to see
And this is how crackpot conspiracy theories are born, boys and girls.
@@johnbalo4727 well john what footage do you have, exactly, DB
@@johnbalo4727 how old are you?
@@johnbalo4727 well you're watching John so what does that mean 🤔😆😛 shit head
@ I know a lot about a lot watch and learn
IS THE BAD LANGUAGE NECESSARY?????
FOR GOODNESS SAKE SHOW SOME RESPECT!!!!
PEOPLE ARE HURTING HERE, WATCHING THIS FOOTAGE!!!!!
I don’t understand what the big about the ambulance is. It was two years old when Elvis was in it, probably had a thousand more people in after. Now a real find would be that conversation van in the beginning of the video.
Miss you elvis god bless you♥️♥️♥️🌹
ELVIS...Rest in Peace .
The clothes, the cars, the memories
For Bob Bish, WOW, I was 13 as well when Elvis passed (Hard to say died, crazy), memories from the announcement on the radio, to telling my mom, who plain broke down! Like it was yesterday, crystal clear!
I was also 13 years old and I heard the news on my clock radio in my room. I went downstairs and told my mother who was in the living room. I remember her reaction too.
What are the odds the person was filming this and caught this footage ive read bout this in tons of books. Dr Nick comes flying up the driveway and the pages of the story comes to life in this film. Incredible
This is incredible footage of its real
Very sad day indeed; I was 14 at the time the day Elvis passed
In the distance is the GMC ambulance recently located and placed in a museum.
Actually its a Chevy with gmc on the passenger side...
Amazing film footage rip Elvis Presley you will be missed
Rest in peace elvis... in 1977 no cellphones or anything like today. The days were simple then.
If there had been cellphones with video we would have a total video story here of what happened that day.
Can someone remaster this video for his loving fans
This is a copy. So without the orginal footage you got nothing to work with here.
So, I remember the day that Elvis died. He was an aging performer from yester-year. It wasn't a big deal to young people. There were no big crowds. This video does look authentic. Back in 1977, average people did not have video recorders. The price of a video recording system was way more than most people could afford. Average folk were still recording on Super 8mm film, for home movies. Hey, I was there people. Believe me, I know. This looks like old raw video footage from a local news camera, possibly one of the local news stations, trying to capture the moment for national news...
NO WONDER I AM 1/2 BLIND NOW, LOOKING AT TV LIKE THAT!
Sadly at the 2:04 clock, Elvis was already dead for a minimum of 4 hours. Also when the ambulance exits the gates at the bottom of the driveway. The person in the wagon facing the light witnessed the ambulance leaving Graceland. They never knew at that precise moment that Elvis Presley was dead. A terrible sad tragedy on August 16th 1977.
Wonder how someone knew to be there recording. I mean everyone did t have cameras like that back then. What’s the deal. And who was in van at first ?
Oh people stood out there all the time recording and taking pictures.
It seems the people that owned the van filmed it, the van was customized with an Elvis portrait at the back, on the spare wheel cover, and they went trying to show it to Elvis, they also went to film the van in front of the Graceland Gate, little they imagined that the King was dead by then and that the ambulance they saw inside Graceland was a carrying his body. Long live the King and his music
@@Fancylooks wow!!!!!! That is an interesting piece of info and yeah what timing. That make sense with the van that was shown.
@@robbielavine5249 Yes, this copy is a copy of a copy of a copy, that is why it looks so bad, I read all this in another video with the same images
Its really unique, but its not that unbelievable, like the footage of Kennedy in Dallas, Im sure there were people stopping by Graceland from all over the world taking photos and a bit of cine-cam all the time...the fact that he saw something unusual happening he kept filming
Imagine if this were Cleaned up..
That looks like the way I remember the world as a little kid in the 70s. Cars were huuuuuge. My mother had a 76 Chrysler New Yorker, that, and I am not kidding, you could lay down in the back seat, like a bed.
I can't believe someone Has this on film that is so fantastic
It would be great if this footage gets restored and cleaned up so it can be viewed clearer. You see when dr. Nick races up to Graceland and just barley make out the stretcher with Elvis being loaded into the ambulance in the beginning.
Sure, but you need the original footage to do that, not this crappy copy
Sad day!😢😢😢😢😢😢
In the beginning the picture is so yellow you can't really tell much. Rip Elvis 👑👑
He was gone befor they got there sad rip Mr
I want that van at the beginning!
Yeah you could plow a lot of chicks in the back of it !
Thats so sad...
I cannot believe this evening exist
So sad
that has got to be the busiest road ive ever seen,
Very poor quality but still worth watching.
To those who suggest that this be cleaned up, I’m not sure it can be. This was probably watched through a projector hundreds of times and then probably copied to VHS. The main problem is the distance from the camera to Graceland without a good zoom. But man, what an opportune moment to capture.
Thank you for this ultra rare film,we can see activity around the ambulance but the image is too blurry to know exactly what's happening.Would you have the original 8 mm reel so that we could remastered and have a clear shot of this one in a lifetime document.Please message me so we can talk about this.This is one in a lifetime opportunity.thank you Mr.Gordon
This would be amazing, if we could see it clearly.
I wondered if it could be remastered. The thumbnail looks so clear but the film itself could use some attention.
Francois Favreau Did you ever manage to get your hands on the original reel and remaster?
@@rockahulagirl5683 No i did not had an answer yet
This is history Smithsonian level
Elvis Presley died in 1977, and I was born in 1979, so I wouldn't know if he truly was the King of Rock 'N Roll, let alone faked his own death or actually die. I don't know any more than anybody else does. The only thing I know the most about Elvis is his music and how to enjoy it. That's all I'm gonna say.
The car driving up just before the ambulance left must have been Dr. Nick who reportedly jumped in the back just before it left for the hospital.
dwevors must be
Very sad day that will be stuck in my mind forever!!
R.I.P Elvis!!
They k I l I h I m b e f o r e 911
I wish I could go back and save him in some way or form
@@greenhorn223 If only we could have known, anybody…. With all I know I wish Linda would still have been with him that day...
I love that dodge super van!
I don’t know a lot about videography but can this be made clearer
Long live the king
Always suspicious of "grainy" video content...Colonel Parker knew his meal ticket was cancelled within minutes of Elvis's death!
Yes he did and the Colonel took steps to keep his money coming in by getting VERNON to sign some legal papers so the Colonel could still make money off of ELVIS’S FAME!!!!!
SHAME ON YOU PARKER!!!!
YOU WERE AND STILL ARE HATED BY SO MANY PEOPLE FOR THE WAY YOU TREATED ELVIS!!!!!
that video should be restored to a point it can be wiewed
There has been so many comments about how ELVIS died. One being he suffered from constipation and was straining on his throne, which caused ELVIS’S HEART to stop. Morphine and many other medications can cause constipation but there are medications that help with such a problem. I know as I take quite a lot of Morphine and Codeine so to avoid the problem of constipation I take MOVICOL. Which I’m sure ELVIS would have been prescribed something similar to help/stop this problem.
At the end of the day we lost a fantastic talented person, who is miss by millions of people, so does it really matter how ELVIS died as long as we remember and honour his memory.
Some say it was the drugs that killed him, others say it was his heart and some say he did not die. However I say it was the fans who simply would not leave him alone. He is just another man that has great talents and good looks. Plus he did not like being called the King. He said only God should be called the king
he knew his pills, it was suicide
@@SurviventheOnslaught I would believe murder way before I would ever believe suicide.
@@SurviventheOnslaught l would never believe suicide he was due to go back on tour the next day
I cant make out what any of this is about ,,cant see a thing but cars moving about,,,to bad not clear
At 2:15 look closely. You can see the paramedics put Elvis's body into the ambulance.
@@kevinhoffman8112 Still sad to see that, even after all this time.
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Who knew to film that footage? How did they know the ambulance was there ? Was this already planned and how did they arrange such a massive funeral so quickly ?
If you think he faked his death, I can say he didn't. Elvis had been taking many drugs that had been destroying his body surely, he used liquid cocaine to wake up for goodness sakes. His lifestyle ruins him. I am a fan of Elvis and love him and his music dearly, but I cannot deny any of those things he did. He died of a heart attack on August 16 most likely due to his lifestyle. If he did fake his death, he obviously doesn't want to be found.
Not everything in life, is a conspiracy😩
This footage happens to be from a cpl on vacation with hopes of showing Elvis their van they customized with his face, as he was known to come down to the gates to visit fans. The husband noticed the commotion on the property with the ambulance and told his wife to start filming, they had no idea at the time what they were capturing. The original footage was sold to a man in Canada directly from the man and his wife and that was their story.
@@nathueil1 how do you know this? Just wondering.
@@KCinvestigates A lot of research..... A lot.
Spa guy need to get on this video it get cleaned up so we can share it to the world
Burn that cursed pain wagon for taking _the king_ away from us 😫🚑🔥🎙️👑
ELVIS É O ÚNICO REI DA MUSICA O RESTO É IMITAÇÃO. SALVE O REI ETERNO .🤴👏😭🙏💐🌷😇👼
Where and when can you see the ambulance, I can't see it because the film is so old!
Watch better
2:00 mins or so
One of the Memphis Mafia, I think it was Charlie R,said in an interview that Dr. Nick told him and Vernon towards the end that Elvis also had bone cancer. The interview is here on You Tube. IF this is really true, Elvis was very sick and maybe he'd had enough and wanted out. Either way, what a sad loss for everyone. I wonder if his autopsy report will ever be released.
Vernon decided Elvis' autopsy be held secret for 50 years after his death. ( Elvis' ). Then it will be released to the public.
Virginia Glass ....I was about to add that exact comment. Fifty years. You’re exactly right. Thank you.
J Walker it was actually his colon. He didnt pass his stool like regular folk. His colon was extremely large and fecal matter was often trapped causing him to often strain when attempting to defecate; thereby pressuring the heart to val down
J Walker, No Elvis were not dying from bone cancer: The autopsy team extracted bone marrow samples, and tested them extensively and found no bone cancer anywhere.
@@AprilCampbell There's actually a video on RUclips of Dr Nick saying that. He said the colon was solid like concrete. Then again he could have said that from the beginning. But he changed his stories so many times.
I know the film is old but you can't see it
As Im watching this its the greatest public service announcement of all time.
"DON'T DO DRUGS"
The hanger on friends of Elvis if they had any balls would have said this is where your heading Elvis Let's Stop The Drugs.
His Dr. Was a slimeball and should be ashamed that he took Elvis from the world
Was the first Ambulance a decoy? As it shows an ordinary Ambulance leaving first.
The day the dream died elvis can be save but most of his inner circle just stood and Watch his weight just ballooned his inner circle just stood and watch what I heard in July 1977 he was very ill nobody talked about it god give us intelegince no body make use of it just sit and watch this are facts I really loved him although 40 over years no want can touch him
There is a 911 tape of that day and the whole thing is approximately an hour long, give or take. If you go to the museum in Memphis they actually play the recording for you. I'd love to hear it and see that ambulance. I can only imagine the impression it leaves in you. I had just turned 10 years old the day before this happened. I'll never forget August 16. 1977 and hearing the news break in around 3:30 pm in the afternoon (maybe a little later) to let the world know that Elvis had died. I am surprised the recording of the 911 call has never made it on the internet after all these years. I understand there is a lot to hear on that call/radio.
You can make sound from video these days although this video is deteriorated
Which pixel is the ambulance ?
; - ) at 2:06
God Save the King
WOW!!! Who took this footage?!
I downloaded this video, I will run it through some software and clean it up, looks like the white balance is high as well as the gain as it looks like it was filmed on a 8mm camera . I will run it through a 8mm camera simulator and transfer to hi8 film and then import to my computer and reencode it to 4k if that doesn't work then 1080p for sure. stay tuned...I will post updates here.
Whos speeding up the hill to graceland before ambulance leaves? Dr.Nick?
Its a Datsun Z80. (David Stanley owned such a car).
Dr Nick drove a Mercedes-Benz. It can be seen at 2:16 but only for one or two seconds- So you have to be quick or slow the video down
I'm not understanding this. On the header photo of this video it showed a much clearer photo of an ambulance and an arrow pointing to the car in front. What was that all about? Also this appears to be daylight. I thought all this happened at night.
It happened in the afternoon.
@@KCinvestigates Ah thanks. I see. Yes, Elvis slept during the day, that's why I thought it happened at night I think
Sorry but, how can people not see the ambulance?
Who’s van is that ?
I would like to know that too
Somebody mentioned that it belonged to Cheech & Chong 😉( check previous comments). ✌️🚌💨🚑
Dang was that Dr Nick tearing up the driveway? I know they called him.
It is
Its a Datsun Z80. Dr Nick drove a Mercedes-Benz it can be seen at 2:16 but only for one or two seconds- So you have to be quick or slow the video down
IN NOME DEL PADRE, DEL FIOGLIO E DELLO SPIRITO SANTO. R.I.P. FIGLIO MIO. la solita vecchia mamma che prega per te.
I wish someone would explain what is going on in the video.
It's Graceland on the day Elvis died .. fans took the film footage and it's only come to lifh6 after all these years