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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
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Wikipedia article
'The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit' is a 1990 re-edited version of renowned documentary filmmaking team Albert and David Maysles' 1964 16mm documentary 'What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.', about the Beatles' first visit to America in February 1964. It documents the Beatles' US trip as they travel to New York City, Washington, D.C., 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 main difference between the original 1964 documentary and the 1990 re-edited version is that 22 minutesRetrieved from the film of the Beatles' live recorded performances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' have been inserted in the 1990 release. However, as the 1964 documentary is 81 minutes long[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058744/combined IMDb: Duration of "What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A."] Retrieved 28 January 2012 and the 1990 version is 83 minutes,[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109228/combined IMDb: Duration of 'The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit'] Retrieved 28 January 2012 some 20 minutes of the 1964 documentary have been excluded, such as several scenes with Brian Epstein.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-haber/mods-and-rockers-festival_4_b_56230.html? The Huffington Post 14 July 2007, David Haber: "Mods And Rockers Festival: Really With The Beatles"] Retrieved 28 January 2012
The original film premiered on 13 November 1964 as a special episode of the CBS variety series The Entertainers. It is still being shown at various festivals, such as the Silverdocs in 2008,[https://web.archive.org/web/20090105192230/http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/2008/whats-happening-beatles-us/ Silverdocs 2008: 'What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.'] Retrieved 28 January 2012 and was also shown at a special screening at the Maysles Cinema in New York on 18 November 2011 in honour of Albert Maysles' 85th birthday.[http://www.egotripland.com/a-special-screening-of-whats-happening-the-beatles-in-the-usa/ Egotripland: "A Special Screening of Whats Happening! The Beatles in the USA"] Retrieved 28 January 2012
Track listing
'The Ed Sullivan Show' (NYC #1)
# "All My Loving"# "Till There Was You"
# "She Loves You"
# "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
The Washington Coliseum Concert
# "I Saw Her Standing There"# "I Wanna Be Your Man"
# "She Loves You"
'The Ed Sullivan Show' (Miami)
# "From Me to You"# "This Boy"
# "All My Loving"
'The Ed Sullivan Show' (NYC #2)
# "Twist and Shout"# "Please Please Me"
# "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.
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