The Beatles in Germany (1966) | British Pathé

Check out this amazing footage from 1966 of The Beatles in Germany where we see hundreds of fans crowd around their hotel leading up to a performance of one of their many hits ’Paperback Writer.’ For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #TheBeatles #Beatles #Germany #Music Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) (Comb. F.G.) Old record suggests that material may date from around 03/07/1966. Unissued / Unused material - German titled and voiceovered newsreel material. Germany. VS Some fans waiting at a suburban station for the train to come in with the Beatles on board. VS John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison leave train and run through the station then into car. MS The Beatles car arrives at a hotel called ’Castle of Tremsbuttel’, and ancient castle converted into a hotel. MS They walk up the stairs inside the hotel. VS Around the old rooms of the hotel, some have been modernised. Clever trick photography shows the room with photographs of the Beatles inserted on pillows and in the bath etc. GV Exterior of the hotel. CU The Beatles on balcony of hotel to see fans. VS Police try to contain the fans outside, they break through the barrier and run through grounds of hotel. VS The Beatles at a press interview. VS The Beatles on stage during performance but not very clear. We hear snatches of ’Nowhere Man’ and ’Paperback Writer’. VS of fan reaction in the audience with girls screaming. CU Back to the interview. CU Couple of fans screaming and jumping up and down and the band performing. CU Of pair of hands in the air being waved about. BRITISH PATHÉ’S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.