Beatlemania! - The Beatles in Northern California 1964-1970 from the KCRA Film Collection

From the CSH archives comes this digitized film reel containing footage of the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 San Francisco tour dates at the Cow Palace and their 1966 tour of Candlestick Park. The film, which was shot by KCRA-TV also documents reactions to "Beatlemania" in Sacramento, California. Other clips include scenes of the Beatles arriving at San Francisco's airport, reporter Gary Park interviewing fans, parts of the Beatles' 1964 press conference at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel, and Sacramento fans lining up outside the Fox Senator Theater for a premier of "A Hard Day's Night." Color footage shot in 1970 features interviews with people in Sacramento regarding the break-up of the band.

This footage is out of sequence as it was left on the original film reel.