The Beatles Come To Town: ABC Ardwick in Manchester (1963) | British Pathé

Check out this amazing footage of the Fab Four in 1963! The Beatles perform a sold out show at the ABC Ardwick in Manchester, England with hit songs such as 'From Me to You' , 'She Loves You' , and 'Twist and Shout.'
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Follows a duplicate of the same story.
This item is shot in technicolor & Techniscope - the wide screen.
A.B.C. cinema, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire.
GV. Crowds arriving at theatre in Manchester for the Beatles concert. SV. Girls carrying pictures of the Beatles. SV. Police controlling the crowds of girls. CU. Girl shaking her head and waving arms. CU. Teenagers yelling and shouting - two shots. LV. From inside theatre, the teenagers crushed up against the theatre doors. LV. & SV. The manager inspecting his staff. CU. Pan, members of staff. SV. Outside, crowd shouting and yelling - two shots. SV. The Beatles arrive - Paul McCartney attempts to fight off two girls. CU. One of the distressed girls. CU. Another girl who finished up on the floor. CU. Pan, the girl is escorted out. LV. The Beatles facing press photographers, they are holding a giant teddy bear. SCU. The group, pan to close up shot of the giant teddy bear they are holding. LV. Ringo Starr grabs the teddy bear by one arm and hangs it over his shoulder like a sack of coal. SV. Press photographers. SCU. The Beatles - Ringo goes cross-eyed. SV. & LV. Pressman. CU. George Harrison taking a picture of the rest of the Beatles. CU. The other three posing. SV. Pressmen. CU. Pan from left to right - George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon who makes a face, and Paul McCartney. CU. Teenagers pressed against theatre windows. LV. The doors of the theatre are opened and the crowd starts to come in. CU. & SCU. Crowds of girls coming in. LV. Beatles come along a corridor to their dressing room which is guarded by a policeman. CU. Paul McCartney larking about with his hair at dressing table. GV. & LV. The audience yelling and screaming. GV. The Beatles come onto the stage. CU. Girl holding her head and screaming. Rest of story consists of various shots of Beatles performing on stage, with good cut-ins of screaming teenage girls. They sing 'She Loves You' & 'Twist and Shout'. Curtain goes down at the end. End title reads 'The End - Released by United Artists'.
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[@chantelleadlington]

My grandparents saw the Beatles on 22nd October 1964 in Leeds and now I have those tickets!

[@jamesguy1030]

Check out the amazing documentary called = “THE WINGED BEATLE” it’s one of the best documentary footage I’ve ever seen x

[@dino0228]

Lucky you!! ☺️

[@BeatlemaccaAR]

This type of footage makes one fully realize this happened 60 years ago... everything looks kind of ancient, except for THEM!! they were SO incredibly ahead of their times 😮

[@adrinathegreat3095]

The only widescreen colour footage of the Beatles in existence and this was before they broke America, they were at the absolute pinnacle of fame in Britain and most of Europe at the time this was filmed

[@CartersRemasters]

Not entirly true, might be some fans that shot on windscreen color? I could be wrong, but I have a gut feeling I am not... as I write this, I remeber the 1964 Paris color footage, its in widescreen, shot by a fellow musician, check it out!

[@bobkellerman297]

​@@CartersRemasters fans would not have had a camera with a wide lens. Widescreen films were normally shot on wide film which means a huge camera

[@doctorrobert1339]

​@@CartersRemastersWidescreen was not available to the public back then. The Paris footage is cropped to 16:9 but the original has to be 4:3 because 8mm cameras filmed in that aspect ratio

[@marylehane8933]

I worked here in on the 2 shows with the Beatles one in the afternoon and the evening. It was mental. It was amazing I loved it. There was a other show on November 12th it was my 17th birthday. Loads of stars long John Baldwin cliff Richard diana Ross loads more. Crazy people crazy times. 😘 🎤🎸🎶🎶

[@nelyjuguilon7392]

Love you Beatles..Fantastic!!!

[@andydixon2980]

Precious footage. Thank god someone filmed this. ❤

[@abbietyler7868]

i love these hd clips in colors!

[@Beatle1407]

Top film, such innocence then, shame its all changed.

[@martinhanley9524]

England changed - take a look around 🙄

[@Elitist20]

Grownups of the time didn't think it was innocent!

[@johnnymoondog]

If its worth watchin once, its worth watchin TWICE !

[@jamesguy1030]

Johnnymoondog ~ Yeah, Check out the amazing documentary called = “THE WINGED BEATLE” it’s one of the best Documentary’s i have ever seen about the Band

[@dino0228]

How many viewings is good? Maybe just one or twelve!

[@silvanamedina6838]

6:27 Introduction 8:58 She Loves You 11:35 Twist And Shout 12:51 From Me To You (Instrumental) / Credits

[@harshshinde176]

Should've added more songs

[@noahherrera39]

My Grandma And I Are There Biggest Fans There My Idols. 🥁🎤🎵🎸🎶🎼

[@C.O.G.]

@noahherrera, "their" biggest fans. "They're" my idols.

[@taniabandicoot840]

I LOVE THE BEATLES :3

[@Alekx-gq2vt]

Thanks many MANY !!!!!! .........alex vitebsk Belarus 65 y. I listen BEATLES from 1969

[@kabiam]

Who needed MTV when you had Pathe News.

[@TheDanilo27]

Beatles forever em dose dupla !

[@R_Jackson]

5:38 Filming the bobby that can't keep his eyes off John is a nice touch!

[@apfundstein1]

war eine einmalige fantastische Band aller Zeiten.

[@danielramirezmiranda9908]

Waou que simpatía de los 4, un carisma que casi nadie lo tiene, y su música que hacía enloquecer a todo mundo, si vinieran otra vez los Beatles así como están de jóvenes, otra vez enloquecerian a las chicas, sensacional, video

[@jimmybrendan4499]

0:41-0:44 the full treatment

[@BugRib]

"The full treatment" is a funny euphemism for "being groped", haha.

[@AndySalinger33]

The Pathe logo in upper right corner reminds me of cornflakes. Good Morning, Good Morning.

[@explorer1968]

Screaming girls all over the place shows the unstoppable power of Beatlemania!!

[@angloaust1575]

Missed all this being transported to Australia in 1956 however saw the stones In 1973 at Perth West aussie!

[@karaamundson3964]

Love the cop @ 5:38 boppin' along

[@和歌藤田-z4k]

とある画面でお馴染みの撮影動画。大変貴重ですね。Beatlesの様子を見ていると、みんな背筋が伸びてお辞儀するところまでメンバーがちゃんと揃っていたので、まるで演奏の一部かのようです。若いのに、よく出来たロックシンガーグループだと思います。誰が躾たのでしょうか？少なくともジョン・レノンは、礼儀の大切さを意識していたと思います。

[@dino0228]

Brian Epstein get them into matching suits and stepping back and taking a bow at the end of each performance. Their show was polished and raw at the same time! Love them!

[@C.O.G.]

@user-to8hb7tt9r, these young men's fathers taught them to be gentlemen, have respect, manners and always be polite. They told about that in different interviews.

[@ryoichiwatanabe648]

one of the reason they stop performing live shows is that they can't hear each other on stage, SOOO CRAZY ALL THE GIRL SREAMIING!!

[@CezzL]

+Ryo Watanabe Yeah, was going to say I'm not even surprised they stopped. We're just about hearing it because of the mikes. The boys didn't have in ear pieces like they do these days; They must have just been playing and singing deaf.

[@graniterhythm53]

Well, they played in Japan in 1966 to no screaming & realised how they had 'dropped' as musicians live, under rehearsed. Maybe that & the tech. at the time (nothing performed from Revolver) & the 'slog' of touring worldwide just wore them down.

[@clinteastwood6875]

It was a bs reason in the long run though. Because in just a couple years PA systems and amps improved dramatically to properly support an arena/stadium show. By that time Paul(and maybe Ringo) were into it but not John and George.

[@francorotondi3003]

Does anyone know what song is playing from 00:19 - 01:36? It's the guitar instrumental tune. Sounds kind of like The Shadows. Thanks to anyone who can help.

[@RAV1953]

And to think Capitol Records, resisted releasing "I Want To Hold Your Hand"!!

[@gigAardVark]

Is there a video of this without the British Pathe watermark?

[@goodiesguy]

Does anyone recognise the Shadows instrumental?

[@seansvoice]

I hope the British Pathe' curator can help me: What is the source of the library music at the very beginning of the piece, and then the second piece of music that begins at 00:18 - it SOUND like The Shadows' "The Savage" - but it is not. Is it a Bruton piece? Help! Thanks in advance!

[@duncanmiller1288]

Sounds like it could be The Tornados? But in truth it could also be any bunch of session musicians of the time churning out backing music for Pathe

[@C.O.G.]

@seansvoice, the first piece of music is Dine and Dance by British composer John Scott. The second one is a cover version of The Savage, but I don't know who played it.

[@JustFortheRecord66]

20 years later, they may have played at the Hacienda. lol

[@jeanesingsjazz]

I swear to God at 1:47 - 1:49, That is Cilla Black coming through the door. Slow it down and you’ll see her. Am I right?

[@paulonatanaeldossantossana3909]

Paul McCartney baixo canhoto e voz John lennon guitarra e voz solo George harrison guitarra e voz Ringo starr bateria e voz

[@WindowsGG]

6:27 ok bro why does this sound good like the beatles? i don't even get it

[@C.O.G.]

That's actually 6:42 and it's called Dine and Dance by John Scott and his band.

[@WindowsGG]

@@C.O.G. bro i'm not talking about the songs i'm talking about how good the pathe news opening sounds

[@C.O.G.]

@@WindowsGG , I'm not a "bro".

[@WindowsGG]

@@C.O.G. oh well ok...i didn't even look at your profile but still that pathe news opening sound so good

[@C.O.G.]

@@WindowsGG , no harm done. It didn't give me a complex or anything. An honest mistake. Take care.

[@johndoe2883]

I wonder if Paul is watching this right now

[@stevegraham6877]

I wonder what these women's children think when they see them lol

[@cotoelciclondeboedo5064]

Te quedaste corto a esta altura son los nietos

[@cristianeamorim3315]

7:18

[@fasthracing]

Non stop screaming

[@matthewtrow5698]

And nothing was ever the same again. This is when fame got it's monkey on the back.