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The Beatles June 1966

Title: Arriving in Anchorage (Unknown TV News Raw Footage)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Anchorage Airport, Anchorage, Alaska
Filming Date: June 28th 1966
Broadcast Date: June 28th 1966
Country Of Broadcast: Alaska
Duration: 00:02 Seconds
Quality: B
Source: "Eight Days A Week" (DVD 2016)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Upgrades & Additions 1966" (BedHead Productions)

Notes: The Beatles departed Hamburg (via London) for the next country on their World tour - Japan.However due to a typhoon in
Tokyo their flight was diverted to Anchorage in Alaska.

Local news (and fans) soon found out and converged on the airport.A colour newsreel captured the lads disembarking from their
flight.They stayed overnight in a local hotel and continued onto Tokyo he next day.

The complete 3:48 minutes of footage remains in the hands of collectors.

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