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A Day That Shook The World: 'Beatlemania' greets The Beatles

Wednesday 23 February 2011 13:39 GMT
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On 23 February 1964 The Beatles returned from the US to to UK to be greated by what the press dubbed 'Beatlemania'.

A bemused 'fab four' waved to hysterical crowds, many of whom had camped out all night to see them, at the height of their success.

Watch original footage from their arrival in this British Pathé clip, above:

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