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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Wednesday, 20 November, 1963 The Beatles played two shows at the ABC Cinema in the Ardwick area of Manchester. A Pathe News crew filmed several back stage sequences along with performances of She Loves You and Twist and Shout for a newsreel segment entitled “The Beatles Come To Town.” A local Granada TV crew was [...]
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Thursday, 7 November, 1963 The Beatles only appearance in Eire. They fly in to Dublin airport where they are interviewed by RTE, the Irish television network for the In Town TV show. In the evening they perform a show at the Adelphi Cinema in Dublin. Traveling with The Beatles is screenwriter Alun Owen, who is [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Saturday, 27 July, 1963 The Beatles spend the day in Weston-super-Mare with photographer Dezo Hoffman, who takes photos and 8mm movies of The Beatles at their hotel, on the beach dressed in Victorian bathing suits, and go-karting. In the evening The Beatles perform the last of their six consecutive nights at the town’s Odeon Cinema.
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan managed to snag a brief interview with John Lennon in his hotel room in Toronto. Using his reel-to-reel tape recorder, Levitan asked Lennon a series of questions about peace, popularity, and messages in music. In 2007, Levitan collaborated with director Josh Raskin, illustrator James Braithwaite, and animator Alex Kurina to [...]
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