Daily Archives: April 27, 2025

The Beatles film two scenes for ‘Help!’ feature film 60 years ago today (Apr 27 1965)

1960s, Movies 1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'Going To The Bahamas - Scene from Help!' (Apr. 27, 1965, at 56:13-56:19; 1:08:46-1:09:15)

(Tuesday, April 27, 1965) — The Beatles filmed two scenes today for their second feature film Help! today at Twickenham Film Studios: one in which the group donned disguises in an airport terminal as they waited to fly to the Bahamas and a second on a tank turret, which was used as part of the Salisbury Plain sequence. Continue reading The Beatles film two scenes for ‘Help!’ feature film 60 years ago today (Apr 27 1965) →

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow dies 60 years ago this hour (Apr 27 1965)

1960s


Video: 'American Masters: Edward R. Murrow'

(Tuesday, April 27, 1965, shortly before noon EDT) — Edward R. Murrow, whose independence and incisive reporting brought heightened journalistic stature to radio and television, died today at his home in Pawling, New York, at the age of 57. Continue reading Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow dies 60 years ago this hour (Apr 27 1965) →

Eisenhower: U. S. policy in Vietnam still in balance 70 years ago this hour (Apr 27 1955)

1950s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-3) America's Mandarin (1954-1963)' (Apr. 27, 1955, at 13:37)

(Wednesday, April 27, 1955, 10:31-11:06 a.m. EDT; during the Cold War) — United States policy in South Vietnam’s political crisis is still in the balance, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower indicated today.

He said he could not give “any final answer” to questions about South Vietnam, saying the subject was “still under discussion” with Gen. J. Lawton Collins, U.S. special representative to Saigon.

Nazi concentration sub-camps Landsberg, Kaufering liberated 80 years ago today (Apr 27 1945)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'A US soldier talks with liberated prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp in Lands...HD Stock Footage'

(Friday, April 27, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The remaining 3,000 inmates, including 1,400 women, at the Nazi concentration camp Landsberg, a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration camp located in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich, was liberated today by the 12th Armored Division of the United States Army. Continue reading Nazi concentration sub-camps Landsberg, Kaufering liberated 80 years ago today (Apr 27 1945) →

Hundreds of freed Union POWs killed when SS Sultana explodes near Memphis 160 years ago this hour (Apr 27 1865)

1860s, American Civil War


Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' (Apr. 27, 1865 at 9:56)

(Thursday, April 27, 1865, 2:00 a.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — SS Sultana, a Mississippi River side-wheel steamboat exploded this morning in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Continue reading Hundreds of freed Union POWs killed when SS Sultana explodes near Memphis 160 years ago this hour (Apr 27 1865) →