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Title: PATHE NEWS No 63/104, BEATLES COME TO TOWN, the

Reference number: 0585

Date: 1963, December 26

Production company: [ Pathe News]

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 5.00 mins

Description: The Beatles arrive at the theatre and are mobbed by screaming fans. Paul McCartney backstage in his dressing-room. On stage, the group play "She Loves You" and "Twist and Shout". [Incomplete]

See also ref. 6040 for later footage of the Beatles in Dundee (1964).

Credits: [camera Baynes, Whitaker, Goddard]

Shotlist: Credits missing. Shots of a fan outside the theatre doors. The manager inspects the staff prior to the opening of the doors (.16); Paul McCartney is mobbed by fans as he enters the theatre (.28); Shots of the Beatles' press show. Some general views of the groups and of the press photographers (1.15); Theatre doors open and fans surge in (1.37); Shots backstage as Paul combs his hair in the dressing room (1.58); Shots of fans in the auditorium as the Beatles appear on stage and play "She Loves You". They move on to "Twist and Shout" as fans become almost hysterical. General views of Beatles on stage (5.25) [Incomplete]