The Beatles February 1965

Title: Leaving Heathrow For The Bahamas (ITN News)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Heathrow Airport, London, England
Filming Date: February 22nd 1965
Broadcast Date: Febraury 22nd 1965
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 00:36 Seconds
Quality: B
Source: "The Beatles ITN Collection 1963-1970" (Klokon69)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Historic Films" (BedHead Productions)

Notes: The Beatles left London Airport on a chartered flight to the Bahamas to begin filming Help!, their second feature film.

Their Boeing 707 was seen off by 1,400 fans. The flight stopped in New York to refuel, but The Beatles party did not leave the
aeroplane, although US Customs and Immigration wanted them to pass through customs.

Upon their arrival in the Bahamas they held a swiftly-organised press conference at the airport. They then checked in to their
suites at the Balmoral Club near Cable Beach, Nassau, and later enjoyed a midnight swim in the ocean.

"ITN News" captured some footage of them on the tarmac and boarding the plane.