The Beatles Welcome Home to England (1964) | British Pathé

John, Paul, George and Ringo (The Beatles) return home to England after their first tour in the U.S. to a barrage of fans and questions from reporters at London Airport. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #TheBeatles #FabFour #Beatlemania Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) Selected Originals exist for this item - see other records. Full title reads: “Beatles Welcome Home“. Classic Beatlemania with the Fab Four. GV London Airport at night. SV Crowd of girls asleep pan up to sign “Welcome Home Beatles“. SV Boys asleep on floor. SV Giant Beatle. CU Girl asleep. GV Dawn over the aerodrome. SV Girls waking up. GV Aerodrome with planes - early morning. GV Crowds assembling. SV Girls carrying banners “We Love the Beatles“. CU Police holding crowd back. SV Girls up stairs - leaving piles of rubbish on stairs. GV Crowds on airport building roof. CU Girl biting her knuckles and crying. GV The Beatles jet coming in. LV Crowd running along roof of airport building. LV Jet plane taxiing in. LV Police and Airport workers holding crowd back behind crash barrier. GV Aircraft comes to a halt, pan down to mass of press waiting. CU Press photographers. CU Sign on jet “Jet Clipper Beatles“. GV Crowds on roof. SV As the Beatles approach from jet down steps in the following order; Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. They stop and wave. GV Crowd waving on roof. SV Beatles waving. GV Crowds on roof waving. GV Crowds around the Beatles, the jet. SV The Beatles. LV Crowds. CU Girls screaming and shaking barriers. SV The Beatles waving. CU Girls screaming and crying. CU As the Beatles get into coach. TV As crowds start to break through Police barrier, CU Beatles watching from coach. LV As the crowd break through Police barrier. SV Ringo sitting in coach. GV Crowd running on roof of building. SV The Beatles standing in coach doorway on arrival at VIP lounge. CU Girl yelling. LV Crowds on roof of car. LV Police holding crowds back. SV Int. Press Conference with Beatles answering questions covered by Natural Sound. GV Pan from crowds on roof to GV Massed crowd on ground waiting for the Beatles to come out. TV Fainted girl being carried away. SV Crowd on roof of car. SV Girl being lifted over barrier. LV Airport officials watching GV Zoom in LV Another girl being lifted over barrier. CU Girl crying. SV Beatles leave VIP lounge. Pan to massed crowds. SV Beatles in crowd. LV Crowds on car. TV As Beatles hustled into car. CU Girls waving. LV Dented car which crowd have been standing. CU The roof of the car. SV Pan the damaged car. CU Another car with badly bent bonnet. LV Crowds on roof of car. 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.
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