The Beatles June 1964

Title: Arrival/Motorcade/Town Hall In Adelaide (NWS Channel 9 News Raw Footage)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Adelaide Airport & Town Hall, South Australia
Filming Date: June 12th 1964
Broadcast Date: June 12th 1964
Country Of Broadcast: Australia
Duration: 01:49 (Arrival); 02:28 (Motorcade); 01:00 Minutes (Balcony); 01:08 (Reception); 06:34 Minutes (Complete)
Quality: D+
Source: "The Beatles In Australia" (MCP)
Other Sources: "The Beatles 1964 Vol 10" (FAB Productions)

Auction Note: A previously unpublished black and white 16mm film shot by a film enthusiast/photographer in Adelaide, Australia, on the
12th and 13th June, 1964, the silent footage shot as a record of The Beatles' visit to Adelaide with replacement drummer Jimmy Nicol, contents include:

- Beatle fans dancing in the street outside the Centennial Hall prior to the arrival of the group;
- Long queues of fans inside the Hall and on the street outside and shots of fans buying tickets for the concert;
- Several shots showing preparations of the cavalcade of cars which were to escort and transport The Beatles on their arrival;
- Fans lining the route to the airport and journalists waiting on the runway;
- The plane carrying the group arriving at the airport and The Beatles disembarking, waving to the crowds and posing for
photographs on the plane steps, including close-up footage of John, Paul, George and Jimmy Nicol;
- More close-ups of The Beatles and Nicol sitting in an open car and signing autographs prior to being driven in the cavalcade into the city centre;
- Crowds of fans lining the route watching The Beatles' entourage drive through;
- Shots of a vast crowd of fans in the streets outside the Criterion Hotel, waving their hands and moving excitedly as The Beatles arrive by car;
- The Beatles appearing at the hotel balcony, waving to the crowd;
- The group appearing at the town hall, waving and looking at the massed fans below, George Harrison photographing the crowd;
- A press conference inside, close-ups of John, Paul, George and Jimmy talking to the press, smelling posies of flowers and posing for press shots.