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The Beatles March 1964

Title: A Hard Days Night
Type: Feature Film
Filming Location: Various Locations, London, England
Filming Date: March 2nd - April 24th 1964
Broadcast Date: July 6th 1964 (UK); August 11th 1964 (US)
Country Of Broadcast: Worldwide
Duration: 87:00 Minutes
Quality: A-
Source: "A Hard Day`s Night" (DVD/Bluray 2014)
Other Sources:
Notes: The Beatles filmed their first ever feature length movie "A Hard Day`s Night" during March and April 1964.
The first week of filming was done on a moving train between London and Taunton, 2 hours west of London.
Filming then continued at Twickenham Film Studios, Gatwick Airport, Isleworth and the Scala Theatre amongst other locations in and around London.
The following scenes were shot on these dates:
March 3 - 6 & 9: Train Scenes (London - Taunton)
March 10: Ringo Pub Scene (Turk`s Head Pub, Twickenham)
March 11: "I Should Have Known Better" "Train" Scene (Twickenham)
March 11 - 20: Various Interior Scenes (Twickenham)
March 13: Gatwick Airport Scenes (Crawley)
March 17: Les Ambassadeurs Club Scene (London)
March 23 - 26: Scala Theatre Scenes (London)
March 31: Scala Theatre Concert Scenes (London)
April 1 - 2: Scala Theatre Scenes (London)
April 3: Film Trailer Scenes (Twickenham)
April 5 & 12: London Train Station Scenes (Marylebone Station)
April 6 - 7: Various Interior Scenes (Twickenham)
April 9: Ringo Solo Outdoor Scene (Kew, Surrey)
April 10, 13 & 14: Various Interior Scenes (Twickenham)
April 15: Outside Scala Theatre Scenes (London)
April 16: Outdoor Scene (Notting Hill Gate)
April 17: Les Ambassadeurs Club Scene (London)
April 20 - 21: Unused Solo Paul scenes (The Bush Pub, Shepherds Bush, London)
April 22: Outdoor Scenes (Hammersmith Odeon & Notting Hill Gate)
April 23: "Can`t Buy Me Love" sequence at Thornbury Playing Field (Isleworth, Middlesex)
April 24: Ringo Solo Outdoor Scenes (West Ealing)
The film was first broadcast on television in America on October 24, 1967 (NBC) and on UK television (BBC) on December 28, 1970.
The film was re-issued by Universal Pictures into cinemas in 1982 and was released for the first time on
VHS home video (and laserdisc) by MPI in 1984. MPI issued it on DVD in 1997.
Miramax re-issued a restored version of it on DVD in 2002.
It was issued on Bluray in Canada only in 2009 and a re-mastered
edition was finally released in America and the rest of the World by Criterion in July 2014.

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