Video: 'Beatles Arrive in NYC (1965)' (Warwick arrival, press conference at 2:31)

(Friday, August 13, 1965, afternoon) — The Beatles held a press conference today at the Warwick Hotel just hours after their arrival in New York City to promote the group’s second North American tour, sixteen concerts in ten cities beginning Aug. 15, 1965.

Click here for “Cousin Bruce, live from the Warwick Hotel with The Beatles,” taped 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT, part one and click here for part two.

Video: 'Beatles New York Press Conference 1965 (excerpt)'