Filming for Help! - May 9, 1965

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Event
Date	May 9, 1965
Short description	Filming for Help!.
Location	London and St. Margaret's

On this date, The Beatles were filmed in various building exterior shots for Help!. First, they were filmed on New Bond Street walking past a Watches of Switzerland jewellers shop and into Asprey's directly across the street (The interior footage for this scene was filmed on April 30 at Twickenham). The next shot was of the "Rajahama" Indian restaurant, which was really the Dolphin Restaurant on Blandford Street, close to EMI Records' headquarters at 20 Manchester Square (Interior scenes for this restaurant were filmed on April 5 and April 6 at Twickenham). After that, John and Ringo travelled to St. Margaret's, near Twickenham Film Studios and just yards from the Turks Head public house, where part of A Hard Day's Night was filmed. Together, they were filmed walking along South Western Road, with Ringo posting a letter in the mailbox (cut to April 20, and then Ringo filmed "Attempt Number Three" on a weighing scale alone, almost getting his hand chopped off while waiting for a print-out of his weight. This scene was shot outside a grocery store on Winchester Road.

Source

• LEWISOHN M., 1992, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, Hamlyn -- Buy it on Amazon.com