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Wayback Wednesday: The Beatles

On February 7th, 1964 the Beatles landed in New York to begin their first U.S. tour. Beatlemania was officially underway in America! Here’s the way that momentous event was covered…

392279 03: (FILE PHOTO) The Beatles, left to right, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon (1940 – 1980) arrive at London Airport February 6, 1964, after a trip to Paris. It was reported November 8, 2001 that Harrison is undergoing cancer treatment in a Staten Island, N.Y., hospital. The 58-year-old ex-Beatle was diagnosed with lung cancer and a brain tumor earlier this year. (Photo by Getty Images)

On February 7th, 1964 the Beatles landed in New York to begin their first U.S. tour. Beatlemania was officially underway in America!

Here’s the way that momentous event was covered at the time in a Newsreel…rather sarcastically voiced by Ed Herlihy.