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Title: BEATLES COME TO DUNDEE, the

Reference number: 6040

Date: 1964, October 20

Director: [filmed by David Crichton, Snr.]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.46 mins

Description: The Beatles in concert at the Caird Hall, Dundee in 1964. Brief shots of the support acts, including Sounds Incorporated, precede the MC coming onto the stage and introducing the Fab Four (who we then witness in concert, as seen from various vantage points).

The silent film was found by staff at the local studies department of Dundee Central Library and is believed to have been shot by a former librarian on a 16mm Bolex cine camera, supplied by the library.

Filmed by David Crichton, who retired in 1978 as Depute City Librarian after 48 years service. He took many films of events in Dundee and his son (also called David) used to assist by carrying equipment and also editing the film for him. Other examples include the opening of the Tay Bridge, the movement of the Unicorn, and visits by Royalty. David Crichton died in 1980. [Information supplied January 2008]

See also ref. 0585 for earlier footage of the Beatles in Dundee (1963)

Credits: [ed. David Crichton, Jnr.]

Shotlist: title (0.06) shots of seated crowd (mostly female) in Caird Hall, Dundee (0.27) The Rustiks and Michael Haslam perform on stage (0.38) shots of Sounds Incorporated, including c/u saxophonist, intercut with members of the audience clapping and shouting excitedly (1.07) Mary Wells performs on stage (1.16) brief shot audience clapping along (1.20) brief shot nurse cradling pictures of the Beatles (?) in her arms (1.26) shot of Tommy Quickly singing and performing dance on stage, intercut with shots of an appreciative crowd and security staff by stage (1.51) Bob Bain, compere, introduces the Beatles, gvs of the band [as seen from front of crowd], featuring the occasional c/u of George, Paul, Ringo and John (2.53) shots of band from side of stage [some elevated shots] intercut with shots of crowds going wild (3.20) shot of band [taken from slightly elevated position] showing shot of a row of bouncers in front of stage (3.46)