The Thames towpath, just west of Kew Bridge, was one of the locations for Ringo’s solo walkabout in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’.

In the #Beatles ‘Anthology’, Ringo recalls being seriously hung-over on the day of filming in April 1964.

In March 1964 John and Cynthia, plus George and his new girlfriend Pattie Boyd, spent the long Easter weekend at Dromoland Castle in County Clare.

The press soon discovered their secret hideaway and besieged the place with photographers. #Beatles

Right from the opening scene, the #Beatles do a lot of dashing about in A Hard Day’s Night.

Seen here in Boston Place next to Marylebone Station; exiting Charlotte Mews, Bloomsbury; Ringo in Lancaster Road, Notting Hill; and a deleted scene in Penzance Place, Notting Hill.

The breakout sequence in the film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ begins at the rear of the Hammersmith Odeon with the #Beatles running down the fire escape.

The field scenes were filmed at Thornbury playing fields (now an estate) in Isleworth, Hounslow. (Aerial shots were shot at Gatwick)

The #Beatles began filming ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ in March 1964, appearing in lots of urban London locations.

Here they are dashing into Marylebone Station, quickly followed by a pack of screaming fans – each one of whom was a paid extra.

During their stay in Miami Beach in Feb 1964 the #Beatles met Cassius Clay (soon to be known as Muhammad Ali) at the 5th Street Gym where he was preparing his title fight against Sonny Liston.

Both boxers were in the audience at their Ed Sullivan Show at the Deauville Hotel.

In Feb 1964 the #Beatles spent a week relaxing and rehearsing at the Deauville Hotel in Florida for their 2nd Ed Sullivan Show.

Sgt Buddy Dresner was assigned to their security and he invited them back to his Miami Beach home one evening, for which Paul later wrote to thank him.

After wowing America on the Ed Sullivan Show, the #Beatles travelled to Washington on 11 February 1964.

After a photo-op on the National Mall, they played their first US concert at the 8,000 seat Coliseum. Thankfully this thrilling concert was filmed for posterity.

The Plaza Hotel in New York was besieged by #Beatles fans during their stay in February 1964.

Lots of British acts before them had tried to make it in America and failed, so nobody was prepared for the scenes that greeted them, least of all the Beatles themselves.

The start of Beatlemania USA can be timed to the evening of Sunday 9 February 1964 when the #Beatles appeared on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ from Broadway, New York, before a record audience of 73 million viewers.

By April Beatles singles occupied places 1-5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In January 1964 the #Beatles played a three week season at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, staying at the George V Hotel.

Here, they got the news that ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ had reached No. 1 on the American charts – perfectly timed for their first US visit in February.

The #Beatles played their 1963 Christmas show at the Finsbury Park Astoria. There were two ‘houses’ per night over 16 nights and all 100,000 tickets were sold a month in advance.

It was also here that John’s electric-acoustic Gibson J-160E was stolen.

On 20 Oct 1963 the #Beatles taped an appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha TV Studios in Aston, Birmingham, playing three songs.

Beatlemania was now in full flow, and the Beatles were being met by hundreds of screaming fans causing mayhem in every town they played.

When the #Beatles appeared on ’Sunday Night At The London Palladium’ on 13 October 1963 the press coined the term Beatlemania to describe the scenes of mayhem outside the theatre from screaming fans.

With a TV audience of 15 million viewers, it was their biggest concert to date.

George was the first of the #Beatles to visit America, staying with his sister Louise and family at 113 McCann Street, Benton, Illinois in September 1963.

While there, he bought his first Rickenbacker from Fenton Music Store at 601 South 10th Street, Mt Vernon.

When the #Beatles moved to London in the late summer of 1963, for a couple of months they all shared a flat on the top floor of 57 Green Street, Mayfair.

George and Ringo stayed here the longest, only moving out after returning from their first US visit in February 1964.

During a week’s residency in Bournemouth in August 1963, Robert Freeman shot the ‘With The Beatles’ album cover.

Taken in the dining room of the Palace Court Hotel, the half-shadow portrait is one of the most iconic #Beatles images and was inspired by Astrid Kirchherr’s work.

During a week’s residency in Weston-super-Mare in July 1963, the #Beatles stayed at the Royal Pier Hotel (now demolished).

Dezo Hoffmann spent a day with them – taking the famous shots of them in Victorian bathing costumes on Brean beach, also at the hotel and other locations.