BBC Live Aid - Against All Odds - 1 of 2 [MP4-AAC] (oan)
Documentary which traces the story of Live Aid from its humble beginnings, a pop
tune cobbled together in the back seat of a taxi, to the eve of the biggest televised
event ever staged on both sides of the Atlantic.
Against the background of Thatcher's Britain, one scruffy, fading rock star - Bob
Geldof - recalls how he and his motley band of pop idols, rock and roll Del Boys
and unpaid do-gooders tried to pull off the impossible - a global televised concert,
never before attempted, to save the lives of the starving millions in Africa and force
the Establishment to sit up and take the problem seriously.
With only weeks to go before the big day, Geldof had no stars on board, no line-up,
no broadcaster and no venues - all he had was a date in the diary. The film tells the
story of the race against time to put together the biggest event in pop history.
Geldof remembers how he blagged, bluffed and lied to coerce the biggest stars of
the day, while they - Elton John, Queen, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, U2 and
others - recall how they finally buckled under the pressure.
General
Format : MPEG-4
Duration : 1h 28mn
Overall bit rate : 823 Kbps
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format profile : High@L3.0
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 659 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 416 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.088
Writing library : x264 core 79
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 200 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Language : English
