Never-before-seen lost footage of Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ found

New footage of The Beatles taking pictures their 1967 cult traditional “Magical Thriller Tour” film has been unearthed.

The clips present the Fab 4 and their wives on-set in between takes, youngsters hanging round and an airplane flying overhead.

It additionally incorporates snippets from the magicians’ sequence and exhibits the group organizing the ballroom spectacular, which was used because the finale of the movie.

The behind-the-scenes pictures have been captured by a person who visited the set in West Malling together with his younger daughter.

Memorabilia specialist firm Tracks Restricted, based mostly in Lancaster, UK, acquired the movie from a girl in Essex whose father shot the footage and eventually determined to half with the movie.

Tracks Restricted plans to public sale off the footage and the rights on its web site. It's estimated to be valued between $3,500 and $6,000.

“Nothing has turned up in about 20 years so it's a uncommon discover,” Paul Wane from Tracks Restricted instructed the South West Information Service.

Previously unseen footage of the Beatles making their Magical Mystery Tour film
Behind-the-scenes footage of The Beatles taking pictures their 1967 “Magical Thriller Tour” film in Kent has been discovered.
Tracks Ltd / SWNS

The Beatles’ “Magical Thriller Tour” film was the fourth of 5 movies made by the band and the one one to be slammed by critics.

Nonetheless, the music from the movie was a direct success. The album stayed on the high of the US charts for eight weeks straight and was nominated for a Grammy in 1969.

“What’s occurring with memorabilia related to the highest bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, is that loads of the stuff that individuals have stored is as a result of they've stored it for a motive, there are recollections connected,” Wane defined.

“But additionally, persons are turning into more and more conscious of the worth.”

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The Beatles filmed a total of five movies but the "Magical Mystery Tour" was the only one slammed by critics after its release.

The Beatles filmed a complete of 5 motion pictures however the "Magical Thriller Tour" was the one one slammed by critics after its launch.
Sir Paul McCartney dreamt up most of the movie while flying home to the U.K. from the Monterey Pop Festival.

Sir Paul McCartney dreamt up a lot of the film whereas flying dwelling to the U.Ok. from the Monterey Pop Pageant.
A rough shooting script was written before filming began but most of the film was improvised.

A tough taking pictures script was written earlier than filming started however a lot of the movie was improvised.
The soundtrack to the film stayed at the top of the US charts for eight weeks straight and was nominated for a Grammy in 1969.

The soundtrack to the movie stayed on the high of the US charts for eight weeks straight and was nominated for a Grammy in 1969.
The "Magical Mystery Film" began to gain fans in the US in the 70s and eventually became a cult classic.

The "Magical Thriller Movie" started to realize followers within the US within the 70s and finally turned a cult traditional.

The “Magical Thriller Tour” helped to pave the way in which for psychedelic music as The Beatles continued to broaden and experiment with their music. The concept for the movie was impressed by Ken Kesey’s psychedelic Merry Pranksters bus excursions throughout the US and the bus excursions to Blackpool within the UK.

Sir Paul McCartney roped in the remainder of the band and crew to make the movie spontaneously and not using a actual script.

“It was only a mad thought. We mentioned to everybody, be on the coach on Monday morning. I instructed all of them we’re going to make it up as we go alongside however don’t fear, it’ll be alright,” McCartney recounted.

To shoot the movie, they employed the Royal Air Pressure station in West Malling, Kent, for per week in September of 1967, the place they filmed the sequences for “Blue Jay Manner,” “I Am the Walrus” and “Your Mom Ought to Know.”

It was broadcast in black and white on BBC tv later that yr on Boxing Day, after which in colour a number of days later after Ringo Starr allegedly known as the BBC to complain that the poor rankings have been as a result of colourful film being proven in black and white.

The fantastical movie went on to change into a cult traditional and encourage numerous music video producers.

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