The Beatles filmed in color performing at Manchester’s ABC Cinema 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 20 1963)


Video: 'The Beatles Come To Town (ABC Cinema, Manchester) - British Pathe Raw Footage - 20 November 1963'

(Wednesday, November 20, 1963, first show scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. GMT) — The Beatles were filmed by Pathé News performing “She Loves You and “Twist And Shout” during the first of two shows performed tonight at Manchester’s ABC Cinema on the 16th date of the rock music band’s 1963 Autumn Tour.


Video: 'Nov. 20, 1963 | "The Beatles Come to Town"'

Accompanied with backstage footage and crowd scenes, the film became an eight-minute cinema feature entitled The Beatles Come To Town, shown for a week from Dec. 22, 1963.


Video: 'The Beatles Scene At 6:30 Interview - 4 January 1964'

The backstage area was also filmed by a crew from Granada TV, who also interviewed The Beatles about their forthcoming U.S. tour. This footage would be first broadcast in the Jan. 6, 1964, edition of Scene At 6.30.