On this day, at Twickenham Film Studios, The Beatles filmed the scenes for A Hard Day’s Night inside the police station. The exterior shots of the station were filmed in London’s Notting Hill Gate on 16 April.
This was one of two sequences soundtracked by ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ in the film.
The shoot took place not at a genuine police station, but at Twickenham Film Studios in south east England.
Last updated: 25 November 2022
Also on this day...
- 2019: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo
- 2009: The Beatles’ remastered CDs to be released on 09/09/09
- 1990: Paul McCartney live: Texas Stadium, Irving
- 1969: Mixing: Get Back, Don’t Let Me Down
- 1967: Mixing: Sgt Pepper crossfades, With A Little Help From My Friends, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!, Fixing A Hole, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- 1967: Paul McCartney films Jane Asher in Denver, and has the idea for Magical Mystery Tour
- 1966: Recording: Tomorrow Never Knows, Got To Get You Into My Life
- 1965: Filming: Help!
- 1963: The Beatles live: Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Portsmouth
- 1962: The Beatles live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1961: The Beatles live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
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What I truly love about this scene as everyone is running back and forth on the sidewalk, some guy is trying to steal a car. If writer Alan Owen had not written him in it would have been a VERY boring scene. Emeraldeyed
Have always wondered if building in background of that scene was destroyed during WW2 bombings or not ??