This is an absolutely lovely article from The Evening Post about the children who bunked off from school on the day the Beatles were given a civic reception in Auckland.
The wonderful thing about having your idols film their new movie on a train is that a train moves and you can wait for it to arrive. The bad thing about it is that you have to then try to not get run over. Fans waiting on the tracks for the Beatles’ train to arrive during the filming of A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Photos by David Hurn
Fans at the Scala Theatre during the filming of the Beatles’ first movie “A Hard Day’s Night”, 1964. Photos by David Hurn.
12 Feb 1964, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Original caption: Ottawa, Ont.: Beatles in the snow. The Beatles, current singing rage of the teenage world, have been immortalized in sculpure-at least until the first thaw. Mirian Starr, II; and Bobby Smith, also II, along with Mirian’s two older sisters, created the “monument” to their idols; do the “twist” for the cameraman.
I know I’m spamming, but you know… I can’t help it. I love this story.
“This card was made using a copper letter press which the seller had access to via work. She made it to request that Paul and The Beatles sing A Taste of Honey for her boyfriend. It was certainly eye catching as Paul not only read the request on stage at the Cavern Club but also performed the song for them.
Afterwards Cavern DJ Bob Wooler suggested she try and get the card autographed and she managed to get Paul and John to sign it on the reverse for her.”
22 January 1965, Versilia, Italy Original caption: Beatlemania-Italian Style. Viareggio, Italy: Huge papier mache caricatures of the Beatles make their appearance here, marking another conquest for the Liverpool singers. The big heads have been made for the traditional Viareggio carnival parade, which annually features only the most important world celebrities. It seems as if the Beatles have made the big time in Viareggio.
15 August 1965, New York
Original caption: Supercharged Intensity. New York: They came by all means of transportation. This lucky group stood on a car which got inside to watch the proceedings. Such devotion, of course, is due only one group, The Beatles.
21 September 1964, Paramount Theatre, New York
Original caption: England’s famed mop-haired quartet, the Beatles, is in the spotlight during charity performance before an audience of screaming Beatlemaniacs (foreground) and dowdy Park Avenue matrons at New York’s Paramount Theatre here 9/21. The performance by the Beatles, who sang their “swan song” in the U.S., will benefit the United Cerebral Palsy and the Retarded Infants Services. The musicians are (l to r): Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums.
21 Sep 1964, leaving New York.
Original caption: It’s doubtful if anyone would want to bet that the Beatles won’t be back in the United States before long. As they took off from International Airport, Sept. 21, it wasn’t only the teen-agers who bid them bon voyage, but fans of an earlier generation. Note the fur-caped admirer. The Beatles 20-city tour reportedly grossed them at least $1,000,000.00.
