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The Beatles February 1964

Title: Arrival In New York ("What`s Happening! The Beatles in The U.S.A.")
Type: TV Documentary
Filming Location: JFK Airport, New York City, New York
Filming Date: February 7th 1964
Broadcast Date: February 12th 1964 (UK); November 13th 1964 (US)
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 00:26 Seconds
Quality: B
Source: "What's Happening! The Beatles in The U.S.A." (FAB Productions 2018)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Turn Left At Greenland DVD 3" (Darthdisc)
Notes: The American documentary makers - The Maysles Brothers, were given exclusive access to almost every minute of The Beatles first American visit.
From their arrival on this day at JFK Airport in New York to when the stepped off a plane back in London.
Some of this footage was used in two original TV documentaries.
Footage from the first 2 or 3 days of their visit were sent back to Granada TV in England who hastily edited it
into a 36 minute TV special called "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York" and broadcast it on February 12, 1964.
In America, after all filming had been done throughout February, the footage was edited into a 45 minute TV
special called "What's Happening! - The Beatles in The USA" and shown as part of the TV series "The Entertainers" (hosted by Carl Burnett) on November 13, 1964.
A bit of little known trivia: also on the flight from London to New York was Phil Spector.
After their arrival at JFK airport they held their first ever American press conference inside the airport.
Every TV network and newsreel company was present as well as dozens of radio and press reporters.
Following the press conference it they were taken to their suites at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
The Maysles brothers featured their arrival in their documentary.

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