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 produce I Met the Walrus, a short animated film featuring a condensed version of the Lennon-Levitan interview set to sprawling stream-of-consciousness animation. The resulting film has won an AFI Award and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Here it is:

Sunday, 21 April, 1963

The Beatles are invited to perform at the New Musical Express (NME) “1962-63 Annual Poll Winners’ All-Star Concert,” held in the afternoon at the Empire Pool, in Wembley. Even though The Beatles had not actually won in the polls, they were picked to appear because of their two recent No.1 singles. They perform four songs: “Please Please Me,” “From Me to You,” “Twist and Shout,” and “Long Tall Sally.”

After the Poll Winners show The Beatles head over to the Pigalle Club in London for an evening performance.

Saturday, 20 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at the Ballroom of the Mersey View Pleasure Grounds, Overton Hills, Frodsham, Cheshire. Their only appearance at this venue which was a regular for other Merseyside groups.

Friday, 19 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at King’s Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, for the second of Brian Epstein’s “Mersey Beat Showcase” events.

Thursday, 18 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time. for a live BBC radio broadcast of “Swinging Sound ‘63.” The show is divided into two halves, with The Beatles appearing in both halves, but only the second half is broadcast. In the first half, The Beatles perform “Please Please Me” and “Misery.” In the second half, they play “Twist and Shout” and “From Me to You,” taking the producers by surprise, they had rehearsed “Thank You Girl” instead of “Twist and Shout,” but substituted the song unannounced. At the end of the show, The Beatles join the other artists in performing a grand finale version of “Mack the Knife.”

After the show, Paul McCartney meets, for the first time, actress and “teen personality” Jane Asher.

Wednesday, 17 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at the Majestic Ballroom, on Mill Street in Luton, Bedfordshire

Tuesday, 16 April, 1963

The Beatles appear live on the Granada TV program “Scene at 6:30.” They lip-sync to their single “From Me to You.“

For the first time The Beatles were appearing on more than one TV channel at the same atime as the live Granada broadcast clashed with the showing of the Beatles perfomance on the BBC’s 625 Show which had been taped three days previously.

Monday, 15 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at the Riverside Dancing Club, located in the Bridge Hotel on Teme Street in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.

Sunday, 14 April, 1963

The Beatles tape an appearance on the ABC television program “Thank Your Lucky Stars,” their third appearance on that show. They do a lip-sync performance of “From Me to You.” The program is broadcast on April 20.

After the recording session, The Beatles travel to Richmond-upon-Thames for their first encounter with The Rolling Stones.

Saturday, 13 April, 1963

The Beatles record their first television appearance on the national BBC network, on the TV program “The 625 Show.” Recording for the program is in Studio E of Lime Grove Studios, Lime Grove in Shepherd’s Bush, London. They perform three songs: “From Me to You,” “Thank You Girl,” and “Please Please Me” broadcast on April 13. That evening The Fab Four went to a party hosted by Shadows guitarist Bruce Welch.