The Beatles February 1964

Title: "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit" & "The Making of The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit"
Type: Video/DVD Documentary
Filming Location: Various Locations, New York City, & Miami
Filming Date: February 7th-22nd 1964
Broadcast Date: November 13, 1991 (VHS/Laserdisc); February 3, 2004 (DVD USA); February 9, 2004 (DVD UK/Europe)
Country Of Broadcast: USA/UK/Europe
Duration: 81:10 Minutes (The First US Visit); 51:13 Minutes (Making Of The First US Visit)
Quality: A-
Source: "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit" (DVD 2004)
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Notes: The American documentary makers - The Maysles Brothers, were given exclusive access to almost every minute of The Beatles first American visit.
They filmed practically everything beginning with their arrival at JFK Airport in New York,
Various hotel room antics; Central Park photo shoot; their three appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show",
partying at The Peppermint Lounge; Travelling to and from Washington by train;
Their amazing concert in Washington and finally a few days of fun in Miami before they return to London.
Hours of footage was shot but barely 45 minutes were used in the TV special "What's Happening! The Beatles in The U.S.A." when it was finally aired in November.
The doco was eventually released on home video as "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit" in November
1991 and then remastered and re-edited for DVD release in February 2004.
The main difference with the VHS & DVD issue compared to the original 1964 TV special is that the DVD has added in some of the
"Ed Sullivan Show" and Washington concert performances and extended some of the original segments.
The original TV special ran 45 minutes; The VHS and the DVD are both 83 minutes in length but minus the
"Ed Sullivan Shows" and the "Washington Concert" footage there is only around 42 mins from the original doco.
The TV & concert performances are:
The Ed Sullivan Show #1: All My Loving; Till There Was You; She Loves You; I Want To Hold Your Hand
Washington Coliseum Concert: I Saw Her Standing There; I Wanna Be Your Man; She Loves You
The Ed Sullivan Show #2 (Miami): From Me To You; This Boy; All My Loving
The Ed Sullivan Show #3: Twist & Shout; Please Please Me; I Want To Hold Your Hand
Also a 51:14 minute special feature "The Making of The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit" was added exclusively to the DVD release.
This feature contains a lot of outtake footage not found elsewhere.