The Beatles, press conference. Adelaide 1964

#TheBeatlesRaritiesDocuments Raw film footage of the Beatles arriving at the airport (no audio) and of the press conference held shortly after (with audio!) Ringo is absent due to tonsilitis so Jimmie Nichol has stepped in to play drums. Apologies for the bits where it goes weird. This is from a U-matic tape which appears to be a copy of a master tape (2 inch??) containing a transfer of the original film. The person who did the copy has fast forwarded through some parts (grrr!) so I’ve slowed down the footage to normal speed as best I can in those areas. It’s not perfect however, and the audio quality suffered, so I’ve inserted audio from another source in those spots. The reel ends with an somewhat eerie comment by John. They may have had the fate of JFK in mind during the discussion.