This is the scarcely credible beginning of the great adventure going back, back to post-war Liverpool. The Beatles Anthology No.1 traces the lads back to their early musical influences from Elvis to the film “The Girl Can’t Help It” [304613]; their first instruments; a cross-town search for the B7 chord; Paul, George and John meet up; first recordings; Buddy Holly; Stuart Sutcliffe; Ringo and Roy Storm and the Hurricanes; early tours; Pete Best; Hamburg; the Cavern Club; Brian Epstein; new suits; audition with George Martin; Ringo joins the band; their first number one: “Please, Please Me”. See how the forties became the fifties became the sixties and discover how becoming the Beatles became.
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ACMI Identifier
308723
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Music & Performing Arts → Beatles (Musical group)
Music & Performing Arts → Best, Pete, 1941-
Music & Performing Arts → Cavern (Nightclub : Liverpool, England)
Music & Performing Arts → Epstein, Brian
Music & Performing Arts → Harrison, George, 1943-
Music & Performing Arts → Lennon, John, 1940-1980
Music & Performing Arts → Ono, Yoko, 1933-
Music & Performing Arts → Popular music
Music & Performing Arts → Rock music
People → Beatles (Musical group)
People → Harrison, George, 1943-
People → Lennon, John, 1940-1980
People → McCartney, Paul, 1942-
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)