The Beatles Bible

This was the last day of The Beatles' three-day shoot for Help! on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Read more »

The second day of location filming on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire involved work on several scenes for Help!, The Beatles' second feature film. Read more »

The Beatles' three-day shoot on Salisbury Plain began on this day at Knighton Down in Larkhill, Wiltshire. Read more »

The Beatles arrived at the Antrobus Arms in Amesbury, Wiltshire on this day, ahead of the three-day shoot on Salisbury Plain for the military scenes in Help!. Read more »

The scene in Help! in which an Asprey's jeweller, played by Peter Copley, examines the ring stuck on Ringo Starr's finger, was filmed on this day at Twickenham Film Studios. Read more »

The Beatles were once again at Twickenham Film Studios on this day, to re-shoot the scene in Help! in which a night club hand drier sucks excessively in an attempt to steal Ringo Starr's ring. Read more »

The unused scene for Help! featuring Frankie Howerd and Wendy Richard was completed on this morning. Prior work had taken place on 22 and 23 April. Read more »

Two scenes for Help! were filmed on this day at Twickenham Film Studios. In the first The Beatles donned disguises - including an early outing for John Lennon in granny glasses and long hair - in an airport terminal as they waited to fly to the Bahamas. Read more »

The exterior shots of the Help! scene in which The Beatles sought refuge in a London pub were filmed on this day. Read more »

Filming of the unused drama school scene for The Beatles' Help!, featuring Frankie Howerd and Wendy Richard, continued on this day. Work on it had begun on the previous day, and it was completed on 28 April.

The Beatles were at Twickenham Film Studios on this day for a performance of the title track of their second feature film, Help! Read more »

This day saw the completion of the scene in Help! in which The Beatles visited the Scotland Yard office of police superintendent Gluck. It was filmed at Twickenham Film Studios in England.

The Beatles were at Twickenham Film Studios for work on Help! on this day. Read more »

Room 65, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Two songs recorded for The Beatles' second feature film - the title track Help! and The Night Before - were mixed on this day at EMI Studios in London. Read more »

The Beatles' first appearance in Help! was to be a scene in which their Rolls-Royce dropped them in a residential street and they entered four adjacent terraced houses. The scene was filmed on this day at Ailsa Avenue in Twickenham, England. Read more »

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

The title track of The Beatles' second feature film and fifth UK album was recorded on this day, in an evening session taking place from 7-11.15pm. Read more »

The slow-motion scene in Help!, in which The Beatles fall victim to Professor Foot's relativity cadenza, was completed on this day. The sequence had been begun on the previous day. Read more »

The scene in Help! in which The Beatles were put into slow motion by Professor Foot's relativity cadenza was filmed on this day. Read more »

The Beatles filmed an unused scene for Help! on this day. It was set in a warehouse, and also involved Superindendent Gluck (played by Patrick Cargill), seven policemen, and a dozen gang members led by Clang (Leo McKern).

Four scenes were filmed for Help! on this day, at Twickenham Film Studios in England, two of which featured The Beatles. Read more »