Video: 'The Beatles Day By Day 1964' (June 6, 1964, playlist videos 178-190)

(Saturday, June 6, 1964, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Central European Time; during The Beatles’ 1964 world tour) — Prior to performing two concerts in the village of Blokker in the Netherlands – their only two shows on Dutch soil – The Beatles and Jimmy Nicol (filling in for a sick Ringo Starr) toured the canals today of Amsterdam in a glass-topped tourist boat.

Video: 'The Beatles at sightseeing on the canals of Amsterdam, 1964'

50,000 people turned out to see them in Amsterdam, and police leave was cancelled so all 15,000 officers were on duty.

Some fans dived into the canals to try and reach the group, but were quickly dealt with by police.