Get back: Beatles 64 documentary on Disney+ captures magic of first US trip  

Martin Scorsese has produced a film that includes previously unseen footage from The Beatles' momentous first visit to America
Get back: Beatles 64 documentary on Disney+ captures magic of first US trip  

 John Lennon in a still from Beatles 64, on Disney+. 

Unprecedented excitement and hysteria led thousands of fans to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City on February 7, 1964, with placards and banners to welcome The Beatles and jumpstart their American invasion.

The British rock band consisted of Sir Paul McCartney, 82, John Lennon, who died aged 40 from gunshot wounds, George Harrison, who died aged 58 following a battle with cancer, and 84-year-old Richard Starkey – also known professionally as Ringo Starr – who all originated from Liverpool, England.

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