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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Kennedy

Intimate documentary captures the Beatles goofing around as they take America by storm in 1964

TV-Beatles '64 - (Copyright 1964 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

Likely most people have seen iconic footage of the Beatles performing on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” But how many have seen Paul McCartney during that same U.S. trip feeding seagulls off his hotel balcony?

That moment — as well as George Harrison and John Lennon goofing around by exchanging their jackets — are part of the Disney+ documentary "Beatles ’64," an intimate look at the English band's first trip to America that uses rare and newly restored footage. It streams Friday.

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