Released 6 November 1995.
Length 124 minutes.
Produced by Jim Beach and Rudi Dolezal
Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
This is a two hour documentary about the band, from the formation of Smile in 1969 to the 'Made In Heaven' album in 1995. This video recycles a lot of the material used for 'The Magic Years', but adds new interviews and obviously covers more. It was also adapted for TV broadcast, titled 'In The Lap Of The Gods (The Queen Phenomenon)'. It is divided into the following sections, with rare footage highlighted in red:
- Excerpt of 'Queen Talks' (the B-side interview compilation), with footage of Queen travelling
- Footage of 'Tie Your Mother Down' (live at Wembley 1986 audio, with clips of Queen from over the years), followed by some backstage footage
- Excerpt of 'Flash', with interview clips with many other musicians (most of which are from 'The Magic Years')
- Looped excerpt of 'Innuendo' with various clips of Queen and Freddie Singalongs, and short interview with Freddie
- Excerpt of 'Mother Love', with footage of Queen from 1986 to 1973
- Footage of Smile at the Royal Albert Hall, with excerpts of 'Step On Me' and 'April Lady', and interviews with Brian and Roger about Smile and the formation of Queen
- Excerpt of 'Going Back' with footage of London and early photos of Queen
- Interviews with Freddie, David Bowie, and John about the formation of Queen
- Footage of Queen performing 'Liar' (1973), and interviews with Freddie, Brian and Roger, and excerpt of 'Brighton Rock' (Earl's Court, 1977)
- Interview with Michael Appleton about 'The Old Grey Whistle Test', with footage from 'Keep Yourself Alive' (both Queen's promo video and the material used on the show)
- Interview with Brian about early shows, excerpt of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye', early footage of Queen, and interview with Freddie
- Footage of Brian and John, interview with Roger, and clip of 'Killer Queen' (Top Of The Pops)
- Interview with Brian about early ambitions, and excerpt of 'Stone Cold Crazy' from 'Live At The Rainbow'
- Excerpt of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye' (instrumental preview), with footage of Queen in Japan, and interview with Brian
- Excerpt of 'Doing Alright', with further footage of Queen in Japan, and interview with Roger
- Excerpt of 'Under Pressure', with short clips of John from over the years
- Interviews with John about various subjects: education, early days, his personality, singing, family life, and his contributions to Queen, with a clip of John's bass run from 'Liar' (Earl's Court, 1977)
- Clip of Michael Aspel announcing BPI award and 'Wayne's World' clip and interview with Mike Myers
- Clip of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' interviews with Roy Thomas Baker and Freddie, footage of celebrities singing, and clip of Freddie on Kenny Everett's TV show
- Further clips of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', intercut with 'Wayne's World' and further Mike Myers interview
- Interviews with Freddie and Roger, clip of Bad News, followed by a compilation of celebrities performing the track
- Excerpt of 'Action This Day', with footage from promo films and backstage footage
- 'Making of' footage for 'Spread Your Wings', and interview with Brian
- Original footage of 'Bicycle Race' and interview with Roy Thomas Baker
- Footage from 'Radio Ga Ga', interview with Roger, rehearsal footage of 'I Was Born To Love You', and more footage of 'Radio Ga Ga'
- 'Making of' footage of 'I Want It All' and 'Breakthru', and interviews with John and Brian
- Footage of 'The Miracle', interviews with Brian and Roger, original 'The Miracle' casting tapes, and interview with the young Freddie
- Interview with Freddie, footage of 'Innuendo', and interviews with Roger and video animator Jerry Hibbert
- Excerpt of 'I'm In Love With My Car' and footage of Roger from over the years (including the 'Strange Frontier' promo video)
- Interviews with Roger about various subjects: education, drugs, his opinions, songwriting, and happiness, with clip of Drum solo from the end of 'Now I'm Here' from 'Live In Japan' 1982
- Excerpt of the 'Guitar Intro' from 'A Day At The Races', footage from Hyde Park, interview with Brian, and excerpt of '39 (Hyde Park)
- Excerpt of 'Spread Your Wings' interviews with John, Roger and Queen roadie Ratty
- Excerpt of 'I'm In Love With My Car' and interview with US Manager Jack Nelson
- Footage of 'Death On Two Legs' (Houston, 1977) and interview with Brian
- Footage of 'We Are The Champions' (Houston, 1977) and backstage footage
- Interview with Jim Beach, and excerpt of 'Las Palabras De Amor', footage of South America, and interview with John
- Short clip of Roger's Drum Solo (1981), interview with Brian, footage of 'Need Your Loving Tonight' (Buenos Aires, 1981), and clip of Queen on Brazilian TV
- Interview with Roger and footage of 'Another One Bites The Dust' (Buenos Aires, 1981)
- Interview with Brian and footage of the end of an unknown track, probably 'Sheer Heart Attack', 1981
- Excerpt of 'Keep Passing The Open Windows' with footage from 'Highlander', 'Iron Eagle' and 'Flash'
- Interview with Roger, footage of the 'Flash' promo video, and interviews with Brian and Roger
- Footage from the 'A Kind Of Magic' promo video, and interviews with Roger and Russel Mulcahy
- Footage from the 'Princes Of The Universe' promo video, and interviews with Freddie, Roger and Christopher Lambert
- Interview with Roger and footage from promo video of 'One Vision' and 'Iron Eagle'
- Interviews with Jim Beach and Roger, and footage from 'Wayne's World'
- Excerpt of 'The Show Must Go On', with backstage footage from the Magic Tour, and interviews with Brian, John, Roger and Freddie
- Audio excerpt of 'We Will Rock You' (Wembley 1986), with live footage from over the years cut to the track
- Interview with Brian and excerpt of 'My Melancholy Blues', clip of Jim Callaghan (Queen security), and footage of Queen travelling and concert audiences
- Interview with Roger and footage of 'Let Me Entertain You' (Munich, 1979)
- Interview with Freddie and Roger, and footage of 'Now I'm Here' (Munich, 1979)
- Interview with Freddie and footage of 'Don't Stop Me Now' (Concert For Kampuchea, 1979)
- Interview with Roger and footage of 'Freddie Singalong' (Montreux Rock Festival, 1986), interview with Freddie, and footage of 'Put Out The Fire' (from 'Live In Japan', 1982)
- Footage of 'I'm In Love With My Car' (Buenos Aires, 1981) and interview with Roger
- Interview with Brian, footage of 'Love Of My Life' (Sao Paulo, 1981), interviews with Freddie and John, and footage of 'Improvisation' (from 'Final Concert Live In Japan', Tokyo 1985)
- Interview with Freddie, and excerpts of 'Procession' and 'Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon', with footage of the city of Budapest
- Interview with Roger, excerpt of 'Las Palabras De Amor' and footage of Queen arriving and around Budapest
- Footage of Brian and Freddie rehearsing 'Tavazsi Szel Vizet Araszt', and performing it at the concert
- Audio clip of 'A Kind Of Magic' (live in 1986), with footage of around Knebworth and Queen arriving, and footage of Freddie and Roger rehearsing a singalong
- Footage of 'Is This The World We Created?' (Knebworth, 1986)
- Excerpt of 'Hammer To Fall', with video clips of Brian
- Interviews with Brian about various subjects: early life, astronomy, talents and limitations, success, his guitar, music, opinions, family life, his work, and the future, followed by footage of Brian's Guitar Solo (Budapest, 1986)
- Footage of TV interview with John and Freddie (Brazilian TV, 1985
- Footage of TV interview with Brian, Roger and John (Japanese TV, with excerpt of 'Teo Torriatte')
- Footage of TV interview with Roger and John (Korean TV)
- Footage of 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' (Saturday Night Live, 1982), interview with Roger, and footage of 'Under Pressure' (Saturday Night Live, 1982)
- Footage of 'Staying Power' (Milton Keynes, 1982), interviews with Roger and Brian, footage of 'We Will Rock You' (Live Aid, 1985), and interviews with Freddie and Bob Geldof
- Footage of 'Hammer To Fall' (Live Aid, 1985), interview with Gerry Stickells, footage of 'I Want To Break Free' (Wembley, 1986)
- Interview with Freddie, footage of 'Radio Ga Ga' (Knebworth, 1986), and further interview with Gerry Stickells
- Clip of Queen collecting the 'Top Band Of The 80's' award and speech by Brian
- Excerpt of 'Was It All Worth It?', with various footage of Queen and footage of awards
- Interview with Jim Beach and footage of the promo videos for 'The Show Must Go On' and 'I'm Going Slightly Mad'
- 'Making of' footage for the video of 'I'm Going Slightly Mad', further video footage, and interview with Roger
- Footage of 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' promo video, and interviews with Brian and Roger
- Excerpt of 'Forever', with footage of Freddie's home, Garden Lodge
- Interviews with Roger and Brian, news coverage and reports of Freddie's death (with a slow piano version of 'You Take My Breath Away'), footage of Freddie's funeral, and interview with Peter Freestone (Freddie's personal assistant)
- Excerpt of 'You Take My Breath Away', with footage of Freddie over the years and short interview clips
- Footage of Brian and Roger, announcing the tribute at the Brit Awards, 1992
- Excerpt of 'Save Me', with footage of rehearsals at Bray Studios, and interviews with Roger and Brian
- Interview with David Bowie and footage of 'Under Pressure' from rehearsals and concert
- Footage of rehearsals and concert performance of many tracks, including 'I Want It All', 'Hammer To Fall', 'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' and 'We Are The Champions'
- Interview with Slash and rehearsal footage of 'Tie Your Mother Down'.
- Interviews with Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey, footage of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from the concert, and interview with Elton John
- Rehearsal footage of 'Who Wants To Live Forever' and interview with Seal
- Excerpt of 'Cool Cat' with footage of many performers before the concert
- Interview with Roger, and footage of Freddie Singalong (Live Aid, 1985) as shown at the concert
- Footage of Elizabeth Taylor's speech, footage of 'Somebody To Love' from the concert, and interview with George Michael
- Footage of 'We Are The Champions' from the concert, with comments from many performers, interviews with Brian and Roger, and backstage footage of memorabilia signing
- Interview with Anne Mayer from the Mercury Phoenix Trust, and footage of a project in Africa
- Excerpt of 'Delilah' and various clips of Freddie
- Interviews with Freddie about various subjects: his career, activities, songwriting, influences, critics, and the past, with footage of 'You Take My Breath Away' (Earls Court, 1977)
- Excerpt of 'Seaside Rendezvous' with footage of Queen conventions, interview with Jacky Smith, and excerpt of 'Don't Stop Me Now'
- Excerpt of 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' and footage of a fan look-a-like
- Interview with Roger, excerpt of 'We Are The Champions' with sporting footage, and interviews with Freddie and Brian
- Excerpt of 'We Will Rock You' (Knebworth, 1986) and more sporting footage
- Excerpt of 'Mother Love', interview with David Richards, and footage of Queen's studio and Montreux
- Interview with Jim Beach and excerpt of 'Heaven For Everyone', with footage of Montreux
- Interview with Brian and excerpt of 'Too Much Love Will Kill You', with further Montreux footage
- Excerpt of 'A Winter's Tale' and further footage of Montreux
- Extract from 'My Melancholy Blues' (a piano version) with a Freddie interview, and footage of Lake Geneva
- Excerpt of 'We Are The Champions'