The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

Cover of The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Directed by Kathy Dougherty
Susan Frömke (as Susan Froemke)
Albert Maysles
Produced by Susan Frömke
Starring John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Ed Sullivan
Distributed by MPI Home Video (1991)
Apple Films (2004)
Release date(s)

VHS/Laserdisc:

13 November 1991

DVD:

3 February 2004 (USA), 9 February 2004 (other countries)[1][2]
Running time 81 mins
Language English

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit is an archive footage documentary of the Beatles' first visit to America in February 1964. It was filmed by renowned documentary filmmaking team Albert and David Maysles, using footage from their 1964 16mm documentary What's Happening! The Beatles In The USA, and documents the Beatles' US trip as they travel to New York City, Washington, DC, and Miami Beach. Footage of the Beatles (often acting irreverently in front of the camera) in hotel rooms makes up the majority of the non-musical portion of the film. The other portion of the film is the Fab Four's live recorded performances on The Ed Sullivan Show, which were not included in the original 1964 release. Everything is shown in chronological order.

Contents

Track listing

The Ed Sullivan Show (NYC #1)

  1. "All My Loving"
  2. "Till There Was You"
  3. "She Loves You"
  4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

The Washington Coliseum Concert

  1. "I Saw Her Standing There"
  2. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
  3. "She Loves You"

The Ed Sullivan Show (Miami)

  1. "From Me to You"
  2. "This Boy"
  3. "All My Loving"

The Ed Sullivan Show (NYC #2)

  1. "Twist and Shout"
  2. "Please Please Me"
  3. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

In addition to the live performances, there are also studio Beatles recordings heard on the program's soundtrack. Among them are "She Loves You", "I Saw Her Standing There":, "Love Me Do", "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "It Won't Be Long". Other recordings featured are "Navy Blue" by Diane Renay and "Pride And Joy" by Marvin Gaye.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Harrington, Richard (30 January 2004). "A Day In The Life". The Washington Post: p. WE33. Archived from the original on 30 January 2004. http://www.fbyc.net/1075482951/index_html. Retrieved 22 May 2008. 
  2. ^ "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit. The official site.". beatles.com. Apple Corps. http://www.beatles.com/firstus/main.html. Retrieved 22 May 2008. 

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