The Maysles brothers made over 30 films together . They are best known for three documentaries made in the late 1960s and early 1970s : '' Salesman '' ( 1969 ) , '' Gim me Shelter '' ( 1970 ) , and '' Grey Gardens '' ( 1975 ) . '' Salesman '' documents the work of a group of door-to-door Bible salesmen in New England and Florida . '' Gim me Shelter '' , a film about The Rolling Stones ' 1969 U.S. tour culminating in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert , unexpectedly captured on film the altercation between Altamont attendee Meredith Hunter and Hells Angel Alan Passaro that resulted in Hunter 's death . Film footage shows Hunter drawing and pointing a revolver just before being stabbed by Passaro , who was later acquitted of Hunter 's murder on self-defense grounds after the jury viewed the footage . '' Grey Gardens '' depicts the lives of a reclusive upper-class mother and daughter , " Big Edie " and " Little Edie " Beale ( who were , respectively , the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ) , residing in a derelict mansion in East Hampton , New York . In order to finance these films and others , the Maysles also made commercials for clients such as IBM , Shell Oil , and Merrill Lynch
1969 U.S. tour
The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969
Albert and David Maysles