The Beatles on the Border

Details

Location

Carrickarnon

Year

1963

Date

Production 08/11/1963

Length

01min 46sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Department for Communities, ITV, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

UTV reporter Jimmy Robinson swoops down on the Irish border as he informs viwers that an important cargo is soon due to cross - The Beatles.

Just two days after John Lennon made his famous "rattle your jewellery" comment at the Royal Variety Show in front of the Queen Mother, The Beatles arrived in Ireland for the first of two shows on the island. After playing Dublin on 6 November 1963 they travelled north the following day and were stopped by an Ulster Television crew with Jimmy obviously wanting to get the scoop of their first interview!

The piece closes with Jimmy doing his best impersonation of the lads.  We'll let you judge how good it is. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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