Essential TV and Film Appearances of The Beatles 1962 - 1965

1962-1963

Know The North/Scene at 6:30 (The Cavern, Liverpool, Aug 1962)

We begin with the earliest footage that was televised and that was their performance of "Some Other Guy" filmed for the UK TV program
"Know The North" but not broadcast till a year and a half later on "Scene at 6:30". Young and raw plus it's filmed at The Cavern.
Ringo had just joined and at one point you can hear the fairly tame crowd shouting "We Want Pete". And so the journey begins!

Dezo Hoffmann Colour Home Movies (Liverpool, March 1963)

The Beatles were being photographed around Liverpool for promotional purposes by well known photographer Dezo Hofnmann.
Dezo also brought along a home movie camera with colour film and during the day filmed some of the earliest known colour footage of The Beatles.
Mostly filmed at Allerton Golf Club and Sefton Park, the antics of the young lads was on full display as they fooled around for the camera.
The footage is silent but nonetheless essential viewing.

Great Yarmouth Interview (Italian RAI Network) (Yarmouth, June 1963)

Possibly the first surviving footage of The Beatles being interviewed.
Strangley at this early point in the career this interview was done by a crew from the Italian TV network "RAI" so obviously word was spreading about this up and coming British band.
It's obvious that they had not done a lot of previous interviews as they seem slighly nervous and their iconic humour was yet to really surface.
At one point they are even asked to give their ages which they do with slight hesitation.

Dezo Hoffmann Colour Home Movies (Weston-Super-Mare, July 1963)

More of Dezo's essential colour home movies. This is where the well known bathing suit and go karting scenes were filmed at
Weston-Super-Mare ("West above the sea"). Again this is all silent but a lot of fun to watch.
It's obvious their style of goonish humour was starting to show itself.

Scene at 6:30 (Manchester, Aug 1963)

The lads travelled up to Manchester and appeared on the TV program "Scene at 6:30"
where they performed their concert favourite cover of "Twist & Shout" and their latest single "She Loves You".
Sadly only "Twist and Shout" has survived but still exists in pristine quality and has been rebroadcast a number of times since.
This is the earliest available footage of them performing a song in a TV studio making it essential and historical.

Chas McDevitt Colour Home Movies (Blackpool, Aug 1963)

Chas was a Scottish musician and the leader of his own skiffle band who were also on the bill this night in Blackpool.
Chas had brought along his colour home movie camera and filmed some wonderful silent footage
of the Beatles on stage as well as backstage clowning around with the other performers who included Cliff Richard's band, The Shadows.
You also get to see Mal Evans too.

The Mersey Sound (Various Locations, Aug 1963)

The Beatles were the main subject of a TV special that focused on the current uprising of musical talent coming out of Liverpool.
The special was called "The Mersey Sound" and The Beatles were filmed over four consecutive days in and around Southport, Manchester & Liverpool.
This special includes some interestring interviews and some very nice performance footage which has turned up in many documentaries since.

Big Night Out (Manchester, Sept 1963)

The Beatles performed songs on what was possibly their very first nationally broadcast TV appearance for the ABC show "Big Night Night"
hosted by comedians Mike and Bernie Winters. The lads performed a shortened version of "From Me To You"; "She Loves You"; "Twist and Shout"
and a bit of "I Saw Her Standing There". A pristine copy of this apperance was issued on DVD in 2023.

Ready Steady Go! (London, Oct 1963)

This was their first appearance on this iconic UK pop music program. The first of many. They performed (mimed to) "Twist and Shout,"
"I'll Get You" and "She Loves You" and were also interviewed by host Keith Fordyce and special guest host Dusty Springfield who managed to
get some very interesting responses especially from John who emabarassed himself with a bit of his Lennon humour.

Drop In (Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 1963)

The boys now undertook their first major tour outside of the UK in late October 1963 when they ventured over to Sweden. Numerous colour
home movies from their concerts in Sweden exxist as well as their own colour home movies (shown in "Anthology in 1995) but the highlight
from this tour was undoubtedly their apperance on the Swedish TV show "Drop in" (broadcast on Nov 3). They performed "She Loves You";
"Twist and Shout"; "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Long Tall Sally" to a very enthusiastic audience and the hosts.

The Royal Variety Show (London, Nov 1963)

The Beatles most prestigious performance so far occurred at The Prince of Wales Theatre in London in front of The Queen Mother and
Princess MargaretIt for the annual "Royal Variety Performance" that was televised to a huge viewing audience which brought the first real
taste of "Beatlemania" into the homes of millions across the UK. This was also when the British public got to see first hand the
Beatles special brand of humour thanks to John's memorable song introduction to "Twist and Shout". There was no stopping the avalanche now.

"This Week" Interview (London, Nov 1963)

The very next day following their "Royal Variety Show" appearance all four Beatles were interviewed in a car traveling around London.
Due to the filming in a such an awkward small space (great idea whoever came up with this one!) only two Beatles at a time could be
interviewed no doubt prolonging tthe whole adventure.Throughout the entire interviews it was obvious the lads would have preferred not to
be doing it especially, presumably, after a long night celebrating their wonderful performance the night before.

"In Town" Interview (Raw Footage) (Dublin, Nov 1963)

Upon arriving at Dublin airport as part of their late 1983 British tour the fab foursome were interviewed both on the tarmac and inside
the airport for a often hilarious interview that showed their wonderful interviewing skills were now in full swing and they were quickly
adjusting beautifully to the whirlwind they were now inside of.
It also includes some amazing scenes of the interviewer trying in vain to interview the fans at the theatre.

Ulster TV News Interview (Belfast, Nov 1963)

The next day while they travelled by road to their next destination, Belfast, they stopped by the side of the road to give an interview to
"Ulster TV News". This was footage of the boys at their hilarious best.

Move Over Dad (Raw Footage) (Plymouth, Nov 1963)

The next day, after having had to cancel their prvious nights show due to Paul feeling very unwell, they did an unique interview for the
TV program "Move Over Dad" conducted on the side of a road while they travelled to a TV studio.
The lads were once again in a silly mood for this funny interview.

The Beatles Come To Town (British Pathe Raw Footage) (Manchester, Nov 1963)

Whilst in Manchester during their UK tour British Pathe filmed The Beatles in technicolour for a newsreel entitled "The Beatles Come To
Town". This stunningly beautiful raw colour footage includes backstage dressing room footage, meeting the press, fans reactions and two
songs from the concert - "She Loves You" and "Twist and Shout".

The Morecambe and Wise Show (London, Dec 1963)

In December 1963, The Beatles made a wonderful appearance on the top rating "Morecambe & Wise" TV show. They performed three numbers:
"This Boy", "All My Loving" & "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and joked around superbly with Eric and Ern though it was probably all scripted
before finishing with a quick rendition of "On Moonlight Bay". One of their very best and funniest TV appearances by John, Paul, George
& Bongo! Plus it's been issued in pristine quality on an official DVD.

It`s The Beatles (Liverpool, Dec 1963)

In December The Beatles filmed their very first BBC TV special "It`s The Beatles". Sadly the majority of the special has seemingly been
destroyed by the good old BBC but luckily some bits and pieces have survived which amounts to performances of I Want To Hold Your Hand;
Money; Twist and Shout and From Me To You (an instrumental version played over the credits which morphs into The Third Man Theme).
The footage of the screaming girls in the audience is priceless.

1964

Micky Jones Colour Home Movies (Paris, Jan 1964)

The start of another hectic year for the four lads from Liverpool saw them touring France in January. Micky Jones, the drummer for the
support artist, Trini Lopez, had taken along his colour home movie camera and filmed some of The Beatles Paris concerts.
The silent, rather nice looking, footage shows the boys performing "Roll Over Beethoven"; "I Saw Her Standing There" and "This Boy" from 3 different shows.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York"/"What`s Happening! The Beatles in The U.S.A."/"The Beatles First US Visit" (New York & Washington, Feb 1964)

A couple of weeks after their Paris engagement the boys were off to America for the very first time and although they only performed three
concerts in Washington and New York this first visit was ground breaking and was the start of their huge sucess in America.
The American documentary makers - The Maysles Brothers, were given exclusive access to almost every minute of The Beatles first American
visit - from their arrival at JFK Airport in New York to when they stepped off a plane back in London. Some of this footage was used in
two original TV documentaries. Footage from the first 2 or 3 days of their visit was sent immediately back to Granada TV in England
who hastily edited it into a 36 minute TV special called "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York" and broadcast it on Feb 12, 1964.
In America, after all filming had been done throughout February, the footage was edited into a 45 minute TV special called "What's
Happening! - The Beatles in The USA" on Nov 13, 1964. Apart from the Mayles brothers footage, ever other US TV network filmed as much as
they could. But it's the Mayles brothers footage which is essential viewing. This was the very first time cameras had been allowed
"behind the scenes" showing them during their "downtime" periods in their hotel rooms and out sight-seeing. Luckily for us the brothers
kept all of the footage they shot and in 2004 they released pristine remastered footage from their Feb 1964 filming on DVD under the
title: "The Beatles First US Visit". Far too many moments of magic occur in all these specials so it's best you just watch them all!

The Ed Sullivan Shows (New York Feb 1964)

The Beatles filmed their first ever live appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" during the afternoon of Feb 9, 1964 in front of a live
audience. However this performance wasn`t telecast until Feb 23, 1964 as their third appearance. They performed three songs: "Twist &
Shout"; "Please Please Me" & "I Want To Hold Your Hand".The Beatles filmed their second live appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" at 8pm
on the night of Feb 9, 1964 in front of a live audience. This was broadcast live to approximately 70 Million viewers across America.
This appearance was the first to be broadcast. To say this was an iconic moment in television history would be a huge understatement.
The Beatles performed five songs throughout the show: "All My Loving"; "Till There Was You"; "She Loves You"; "I Saw Her Standing There"
& "I Want To Hold Your Hand". This famous edition of "The Ed Sullivan Show" was repeated on July 12, 1964.
The Beatles next broadcast on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was shown live from the Deauville Hotel in Miami on the night of Feb 9, 1964 in front
of a live audience. Before the live broadcast the boys rehearsed in the afternoon at the hotel and this rehearsal was actually filmed
and amazingly has survived all these years although it appears to be a kinescope as opposed to the actual original film but the
quality is still quite good. All of their "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances
(except for the Miami rehearsal) were issued in perfect quality on DVD in 2003.

Beatles Live in Washington (Washington, Feb 1964)

The Beatles performed their first ever concert on American soil on Feb 11, 1964 at the Washington Coliseum. Because the venue was mainly
used for boxing matches the lads performed "in the round" and therefore had to rotate all their equipment, including Ringo`s drums,
after every couple of songs so that all four sides of the audience could see them from front on - an unique experience that only ever
occurred at this venue. The concert that night was also filmed by CBS for two days of screenings in American cinemas in March advertised
as "The Beatles First American Concert". The film was a "closed circuit telecast" meaning it was simultaneously
beamed to theaters through telephone lines a total of four times over the two days. In the 1990`s the original 2` master tape was
"re-discovered" and was later purchased by Apple who issued the complete concert, with previously missing songs, exclusively on iTunes in
2010. This complete concert has not yet been officially issued on DVD or Bluray.
Yet another essential Beatles concert that shows how great a drummer Ringo really was.. he was on fire that night!

CBS News - John Interview at the British Embassy (Washington, Feb 11, 1964)

Following their Washington concert the boys were guests of honour at a reception put on by the British Embassy. Unfortunately the
"well-to-do" patrons all acted like teenagers and harassed the boys the entire time with someone even cutting off some of Ringo`s hair!
That was enough for them so they made a hasty retreat and never did anything like that again. The highlight of the night was when a
journalist from CBS TV news tried to interview John amongst all the chaos. John sensed he had an inept interviewer at his disposal so
decided to have a bit of fun with him. John was at the top of his game and introduced himself as "Eric" which the journalist,
being totally unaware of John's real name, began adressing him as Eric! John did however correct the situation.
Essential viewing just to watch adults acting like crazed teenagers plus John's interview.

"Grandstand" Airport Interview (Heathrow, London, Feb 22, 1964)

On this day at 8:10am The Beatles arrived back home in London from New York following their first American visit. The "BBC" deemed their
arrival important enough to actually show their arrival at Heathrow and then interview them inside the terminal. All of this footage
was featured that afternoon at the very start of the BBC TV sports program "Grandstand" at 1pm. In the interview it's very obvious that
the lads are still overwhelmed by their first visit to America.

Big Night Out (London, Feb 1964)

The Beatles filmed a second appearance on the Mike & Bernie Winter`s TV show "Big Night Out". Apart from miming to five songs: "All My
Loving"; "I Wanna Be Your Man"; "Till There Was You"; "Please Mr. Postman" &
"I Want To Hold Your Hand", they also appeared in a couple of amusing comedy skits.

Follow The Beatles (Abbey Road & Various Other Locations around London, Feb/March 1964)

To help promote their first feature length film "A Hard Day`s Night" which was filmed throughout March and April, a documentary about the
filming was commisioned and began at the end of March at a recording session at Abbey Road Studios. This was the first ever footage
filmed of The Beatles at a recording session. The doco also has footage of them filming the train scenes and other bits and pieces.

"Star Parade" Interview (London, April 1964)

While filming at Twickenham today a crew from the Tyne Tees network TV program "Star Parade" interviewed the Beatles. They were given
questions that had been specifically asked by fans whom had previously been filmed asking the questions then they edited those together
with the boys answers and aired it all a week later. The lads were very serious despite the sillyness of most of the questions.

"A Degree of Frost" Paul Interview (London, April 1964)

Notable for being the first official solo TV interview with a member of The Beatles. Paul, all on his lonesome, was interviewed by David
Frost on his BBC TV Show "A Degree of Frost". This was the first of very few TV appearances by Paul all by himself.
John on the other hand became very happy to make solo TV appearances.

New Musical Express Pollwinners Concert (London, April 1964)

The Beatles hectic schedule continued with a performance at the annual "New Musical Express Pollwinners Concert" at the Empire Pool in
Wembley. They performed five songs: "She Loves You"; "You Can't Do That"; "Twist and Shout"; "Long Tall Sally"
& "Can't Buy Me Love" and then received some awards.

Around The Beatles (London, April 1964)

The Beatles filmed their second very own TV special "Around The Beatles" in late April 1964. It featured them performing some songs
including a rare medley as well as the exclusive song "Shout". They also did some Shakespeare with a segment from "A Midsummer Night`s
Dream". Other guests on the TV special included Millie Small, PJ Proby, Sounds Incorporated and Cilla Black.

"Roundup" Interview (Glasgow, Scotland, April 1964)

While in Glasgow they also did another interview, this time at the concert venue, the Theatre Royal. This interview was for the Scottish
TV program "Roundup" and was rather unique as the fab four were interviewed in pairswith John & Paul together and in another location
(actually only a few feet away), George & Ringo. The good quality raw footage of this also exists.

"The Beatles in Nederland" (Various Locations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 5-6 1964)

A TV special was made of their visit to The Netherlands which includes footage of their arrival at the airport, the canal ride and their
concert and concludes with an exclusive interview and mimed performance of six songs.The TV performance was filmed at the
"Cafe-Restaurant Treslong" in the town of Hillegom, just outside of Amsterdam. The actual performance was unique as there was a crowd
invasion during the last couple of songs(there was amazingly no security at all)
forcing the lads to make a hasty exit leaving poor old Jimmie alone on the drums.

Polygoon Newsreel (Raw Footage) - Boat Ride on Amstel-dam (Amsterdam, June 1964)

The Dutch newsreel company "Polygoon" filmed almost every aspect of their visit to The Netherlands and the nice quality raw footage of
their filming has become available. This is the footage they took of the Beatles Amstel-dam ride through Amsterdam. Quite fascinating to watch.

Dutch TV News (Raw Footage) - Arriving For Blooker Concert (The Netherlands, June 1964)

Another day, another concert and another arrival but this time it was different because when they emerged from their car for their
afternoon concert in Blokker they were carrying their guitars with them! Never seen this occur before or since.

British Pathe Newsreel - Leaving For Hong Kong (Heathrow, London, June 1964)

"British Pathe" were at Heathrow airport in London and filmed The Beatles as they arrived from Amsterdam and later departed for the next
leg of their World tour - Hong Kong. Pathe`s footage actually shows their "staged" departure and then greeting John's Aunt Mimi and
others before their real departure. Interersting "behind-the-scenes" footage.

ATN Channel 7 News - Interviews During Flight To Hong Kong (Mid Air, June 1964)

Australian radio DJ Bob Rogers had exclusive access to the boys on the flights to Hong Kong & Australia and a cameraman from the
Australian "ATN Channel 7 News" also on the flight so naturally some impromptu interviews were filmed. Bob managed some quick interviews
with both Paul and John as well a rare interview with John's Aunt Mimi. George and Jimmie are seen but not interviewed.

British Movietone (Raw Footage) - Arrival in Sydney (Sydney, June 11, 1964)

Almost every news outlet around the World filmed The Beatles arrival in Australia at Sydney`s Mascot Airport. They arrived during a
torrential rain storm but were still expected to get on the back of a flat-bed truck and do a circuit of the airport for the thousands of
screaming fans who had camped out all night. I believe this never happened anywhere else in the World. "British Movietone" put
together a newsreel for use in theatres but this is the raw footage that was filmed from numerous cameras and angles.

Australian/New Zealand Tour - Various TV Footage & Newsreels (Australia/NZ, June 1964)

Almost everything the Beatles did during their Australian and New Zealand tour is worth watching. Their balcony appearances in Adeliade
and Melburne were historic due to the number of fans who turned up to watch them. There were a few exclusive TV interviews and a one off
press conference in Melbourne with 5 Beatles! and not forgetting their amazing Melbourne concert that was filmed and broadcast on TV.
For the rest of his life John cited Australia as the highlight of their touring years which is all you need to know to want to watch
all the footage! George, Paul and Ringo also had/have wonderful memories of the tour as well.

"People `64" (Raw Footage) - John & Paul Interviews (Melbourne, June 1964)

The Australian ABC current affairs program "People `64" were given exclusive interviews with Paul & John (separately) in their Melbourne
hotel rooms. They also interviewed Brian Epstein. Paul's interview is particulary serious and quite interesting.

GTV Ch 9 News (Raw Footage) - John Interview (Melbourne, June 1964)

"GTV 9 News" managed to secure an exclusive interview with John at the Southern Cross Hotel following their press conference.
Quite a serious interview from John in lovely quality.

The Beatles Sing For Shell (Melbourne concert , Australia, June 17 1964)

The Beatles final Melbourne concert (they had performed 6 shows over three days) was filmed for an exclusive TV special which screened 2
weeks later on July 1. The special was one hour in length and included footage from the opening acts but only 17 minutes of The Beatles
set was broadcast due to the insistence of Brian Epstein. However 22 minutes of raw footage exists that includes portions of 3 of the
4 missing songs. "This Boy" was presumably not filmed at all.

Associated Press - A Hard Day`s Night London Premiere (London, July 1964)

The Beatles first call of duty once returning home from Australia was the premiere of their new film "A Hard Day`s Night".
The lads actually attended two official premieres. The first was in London and a few days later in Liverpool. The London premiere was also a Royal
premiere with Princess Margaret and her husband in attendance whom The Beatles met afterwards. This is also one of the first times we
see George's grumpy side when he snears at a photographer who had poked him and asked George to turn around. This might be the start
of George's unhappiness within the band that seemed to continue right up to the end. Mind you he was rarely happy in the public eye his entire life.

Sveriges Radio TV Interview (Stockholm, Sweden, July 1964)

A bizarre interview with a strange interviewer speaking some odd mock Swedish along with weird vocal effects. I have no idea what is going on here. Very weird and funny.

Sveriges Radio TV Interview (Stockholm, Sweden, July 1964)

The Beatles were interviewed in Stockholm in Sweden for another silly interview in which George & John proceed to hilariously
rip apart John's new book "In His Own Write". Beatle antics at their best.

The Beatles US Tour (Various Locations Aug/Sept 1964)

The Beatles flew back to America for their first full tour during August and September 1964. Every tour stop held a press conference of
some sort averaging usually between 10 and 20 minutes depending on time restraints and the lads mood. Almost all the PC's are available in
various quality and it's near impossible to choose the best ones as they were all very similar with the usual stupid questions being
asked. Most of the PC's are available. Most local TV news shows were given access to the start of their concerts so naturally quite a
bit of (usually silent) footage exists. There is also a fair amonut of home movie footage both b/w and colour but again mostly silent.
Some of the better footage worth watching is:
KCRA Channel 3 News - San Francisco concert (Aug 19 1964) (7 mins) b/w
Colour Home Movie - San Francisco concert (Aug 19 1964) (5 mins) colour
KABC News LA Hollywood Bowl Concert (Aug 23 1964) (18 Mins) b/w
Colour Home Movie- Chicago concert (Sept 5 1964) (4 mins) Colour
Colour Home Movie - Montreal, Canada concert (Sept 8 1964) (4 Mins) Colour
Colour Home Movie - Baltimore Concert (Sept 13 1964) (7 Mins) Colour
NBC News - Cleveland Press Conference (Sept 15 1964) (12 mins) b/w
WFAA-TV Ch 8 News - Dallas Interview (Sept 18 1964) (2 Mins) b/w
WFAA-TV Channel 8 News - Dallas Press Conference (Sept 18 1964) (9 Mins) b/w

KNXT Ch 2 (Raw Footage) - Meet & Greet in Brentwood (Los Angeles, Aug 1964)

The day after their Hollywood Bowl concert the lads were the special guests at a party in Brentwood, Los Angeles at the home of Capitol
Records president, Alan Livingstone where the rich & famous, along with their children, got to meet the Fabs. The CBS owned "KNXT Channel
2" sent a crew to the party`s address where they camped outside and filmed the celebrities arriving (including The Beatles) and
interviewed the guests and fans during the afternoon. Some cool guests and some interesting interviews.
This is the raw footage shot that day which unfortunately includes only 2 minutes of actual Beatles footage.

Colour Home Movie - Meet & Greet in Brentwood (Los Angeles, Aug 1964)

One of the attendees at the lavish charity event filmed some very nice silent colour home movie footage.
Unfortunately the majority of the footage has been double exposed which makes for a very arty effect.

CFTO Ch 9 News (Raw Footage) - Toronto Press Conference & Interview (Toronto, Sept 1964)

"CFTO News" filmed some footage of their Toronto press conference. This footage also includes an exclusive interview with The Beatles with
a very obnoxious interviewer plus someone has their daughter unofficially getting into frame all the time. A quite strange and
frustrating interview. By this time in the tour the Fabs were showing obvious signs of being annoyed.

Shindig! Casual Rehearsal & Dress Rehearsal (London, Oct 1964)

Some brief footage of the Beatles rehearsal (casual clothes) and a dress rehearsal from Shindig! recently appeared after many years of
rumours. During the dress rehearsal we finally get to hear John sing a bit of "House of The Rising Sun". The history behind this footage
is very interesting. I seem to recall that the first mention of them performing "House of The Rising Sun" was back in 1976 in a Beatles
homemade discography by Danish collector Arno Guzek and that was basically the only mention of it until now with most Beatles scholars
deeming it unlikely to have ever existed. The best we thought (assuming it was real) would be some rare audio would
one day emerge but no one expected film footage of it. Rumours still say this footage and more exists in pristine quality so maybe one
day! Also a fan shot some very nice silent color home movie footage of their dress
rehearsal of which 11 seconds was used in the film doco "Eight Days a Week".

Thank Your Lucky Stars (London, Nov 1964)

With their UK tour finished it was time to promote their new single and upcoming album "Beatles For Sale". Firstly was an appearance on
"Thank Your Lucky Stars" where they mimed to four songs:"I Feel Fine"; "She`s a Woman"; "I`m a Loser" and "Rock and Roll Music".

Not Only...But Also (London, Nov 1964)

John made his first solo TV appearance when he was filmed for Peter Cook & Dudley Moore`s "Not Only But Also" which was to promote his
newly issued book of poetry. John and other cast members recited some of his poems while they "performed" both outdoors on Wimbledon
Common and inside the BBC TV Studios in London. The opening outdoor poetry sketch with John was issued on the 2008 DVD "The Best of What`s
Left of Not Only But Also" and the final poetry sketch, done in the studio, was shown in "Anthology" in pristine quality.
The remaining indoor sketches are available in reasonable quality.

Ready, Steady, Go! (London, Nov 1964)

The next appearance to promote their latest records was on "Ready, Steady, Go!". Here they also mimed to four songs: "I Feel Fine";
"Baby`s in Black"; "She`s a Woman" and "Kansas City". They were all interviewed as well.
They also had to make a hasty retreat when the audience got a bit close. This was their last ever "live" appearance on RSG.

1965

Help! - Home Movies (Nassau, The Bahamas, Feb 23-March 9 1965)

Whilst filming various scenes in The Bahamas, Dr Walter Strach (The Beatles financial advisor) shot quite a bit of colour home movie
footage. Actor Leo McKern also shot some home movie footage, all amounting to 12 minutes of lovely colour silent footage.
All of the footage has been released on the DVD "The Making of Help!".

NME Poll Winners Concert (London, April 11 1965)

The Beatles performed once again at the annual "NME Poll Winners Concert" in London. Due to time restraints both "I Feel Fine" and "Baby`s
in Black" were not broadcast. However the complete unedited tape still exists in average quality as does the broadcast version.

Best on Record - The Grammy Award Presentation (London, April 1965)

Having recently won a Grammy Award they were filmed being presented with it by Peter Sellers on the set of "Help!" at Twickenham Studios
in London. This was shown during the US TV special "Best on Record".

Top of The Pops - Ticket To Ride (London, England, April 10 1965)

To promote their new single, The Beatles appeared on "Top of The Pops" and mimed to both sides of the record - "Ticket To Ride" and "Yes
it is". Footage of this performance was destroyed by the BBC but not before a brief snippet (25 seconds) was unexpectedly used in an
episode of "Doctor Who". In a scene from the episode "The Chase" (broadcast on May 22, 1965 ) the Doctor shows his companions a "time and
space visualiser" which can show scenes from the past. They set the controls to 1965 and up pops The Beatles performing "Ticket To
Ride" from their TOTP performance. Luckily this episode, unlike many episodes of "Dr. Who",
was not destroyed and was re-discovered in the 1980`s and is now available on DVD.

Tonight (London, June 18 1965)

John was interviewed solo on the UK talk show "Tonight" to promote his book "A Spaniard in The Works".
He recited two poems and was interviewed.

Les Beatles (Paris, June 20 1965)

Their concert at Palais des Sports in Paris was filmed in black and white for a TV special called "Les Beatles".

Colour Home Movie - Milan Concert, Italy (Milan, Italy, June 1965)

This very nice colour home movie footage combines two different camera angles from very close to the stage.

Colour Home Movie - Milan Concert, Italy (Milan, Italy, June 1965)

A second colour home movie of lesser quality that runs 2:20 mins has also been unearthed.

Colour Home Movie - Rome Concert, Italy (Rome, Italy, June 1965)

A very nice colour home movie of their Rome concert is available. The Beatles are seen performaning "Can`t Buy Me Love"; "Baby`s in
Black"; "I Wanna Be Your Man" & "A Hard Day`s Night".

Colour Home Movie - Rome Hotel, Italy (Rome, Italy, June 1965)

This is very nice colour home movie footage of The Beatles at their hotel in Rome relaxing with some Italian fans.

Colour Home Movie - Visiting TVC Studios in London (London, July 29 1965)

Despite their total disdain for "The Beatles" cartoon series, the fab four went along to TVC Studios in London where the animations were
being made for the cartoon TV series which would premiere on US TV in September. A member of the staff had a movie camera and proceeded
to shoot some colour footage of them during their visit much to the annoyance of George who was once again his grumpy self.

Blackpool Night Out (Blackpool, Aug 1 1965)

For their only major TV appearance, as a group, since their April appearance on "Top of The Pops", The fabulous foursome travelled up
north to Blackpool and appeared on the hugely popular "Blackpool Night Out" TV show. Their whole performance is still available which
includes an opening short comedy skit and intro by Ringo (both of which only exist as audio) followed by The lads Beatles performing six
songs live to promote their new single, album and film "Help!". The songs performed were:
"I Feel Fine"; "I`m Down"; "Act Naturally"; "Ticket To Ride"; "Yesterday" and "Help!".

ABC News (Raw Footage) - Arriving in New York (New York, Aug 13 1965)

The Fabs touched down in New York for their second last tour of America on August 13.
This is raw footage from the US "ABC News" of their New York arrival taken from a couple of different camera angles.

Colour Home Movie - Arriving in New York (New York, Aug 13, 1965)

Color home movie footage of the Beatles arrival at JFK Airport,waving to their fans & then getting into a car.

ABC News (Raw Footage) - Arrival & New York Press Conference (New York, Aug 13, 1965)

Their New York press conference was held at the Warwick Hotel, where they were staying. This is raw footage from "ABC News".

The Ed Sullivan Show (New York, Aug 14, 1965)

The next day it was off to CBS TV Studios to record another appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for broadcast in September.
Their whole performance was commercially released on DVD in 2003. They performed five songs: "I Feel Fine", "I'm Down"
& "Act Naturally" and then closed the show with "Ticket To Ride", "Yesterday" and "Help!".

The Ed Sullivan Show Outtake (New York, Aug 14, 1965)

An unseen rehearsal & alternate version of "Help" reportedly exists.

The Beatles at Shea Stadium (New York, Aug 15, 1965)

One of their biggest ever concerts began the 1965 US tour. The concert, at Shea Stadium, was filmed (by 12 cameras) for a TV special.
Despite the beautiful quality of the colour film the final special was a bit of a mess.

Toronto Press Conference (Raw Footage) (Aug 17 1965) (7 Mins) b/w

Following their afternoon concert in Toronto, Canada The Beatles held a press conference at the venue. This is raw TV footage of the PC.

Reuters - Atlanta Press Conference (Aug 18 1965) (3 Mins) b/w

Next stop on their tour was Atlanta. Another press conference was held with Reuters filming some nice footage.

TV News - Minneapolis Press Conference (Raw Footage) (Aug 21 1965) (7 Mins) b/w

Next stop on their tour was in Minneapolis. A local TV news crew shot a fair amount of their press conference in decent quality too.

KABC TV News (Raw Footage) - Los Angeles Press Conference (Aug 29 1965) (15 Mins) b/w

This press conference was held at Capitol Records in Los Angeles. "ABC News" filmed most of the PC from 2 camera angles and the raw footage is available on DVD.

Hollywood Bowl Concert Home Movie (Aug 29 1965) (2 Mins) Sepia

There are two known pieces of home movie footage of the Beatles Hollywood Bowl concert. This is the first one which is in sepia though the original film is in colour.

Colour Home Movie - San Francisco Concert (Aug 31 1965) (2 Mins) Colour

A fan filmed some nice, fairly close, colour home movie footage of their afternoon concert in San Francisco.

BBC News - MBE`s, Press Conference & Interview (Buckingham Palace & Saville Theatre, London, Oct 26 1965)

On this day in October 1965 The Beatles received their MBE`s from her majesty Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.
"BBC News" filmed them for their news programs. They were the only cameras to get actual close-up footage of them in their limousine as they arrived.
They also filmed their Saville Theatre press conference and then managed some exclusive interviews with each Beatle.

The Music of Lennon & McCartney (Manchester, Nov 1965)

The Beatles filmed a TV special for Granada TV showcasing the song writing talents of John & Paul. The TV special features numerous acts
performing their songs. The special is hosted by John & Paul and features amongst others, Cilla Black, Peter Sellers, Lulu, Peter &
Gordon and George Martin & Orchestra. The Beatles themselves perform "Day Tripper" & "We Can Work it Out" as well plus Paul did the
beginning of "Yesterday" before Marianne Faithful continued singing it.

Cardiff TV News - Interview (Cardiff, Wales, Dec 1965)

A TV news interview with the lads in Cardiff, Wales during their final UK tour. A brief but funny interview in great quality.
This is possibly the only interview from their British tour that has survived.

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