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Saffron Otter

Unseen footage of The Beatles' only Top of the Pops live show found in attic

Never seen before "phenomenal" footage of The Beatles' only live appearance on Top of the Pops has been discovered in a collector's attic.

The rare film of the Fab Four's live performance on the hit music show was recorded in the summer of 1966 and will be shown for the first time in 50 years, although sadly not in the North West.

Collector David Chandler, who was just a teenager when he used a wind-up camera to record the live show, has donated his 8mm film reels over to Kaleidoscope - a company which specialises in recovering video and TV shows.

The group have remastered the 92 second original film of The Beatles' performance of Paperback Writer by enhancing the sound, and will preview the clip in Birmingham at City University on Saturday.

The footage was originally thought to have been lost because only 11 seconds of the June Top of the Pops performance were thought to exist.

CEO, Chris Perry, said: "Kaleidoscope thought finding 11 seconds of Paperback Writer was incredible, but to then be donated 92 seconds - and nine minutes of other 1966 Top of the Pops footage was phenomenal."

The newly found film footage from Mr Chandler, from Sheffield, also included Top Of The Pops performances of Dusty Springfield singing Goin' Back, The Hollies with a rendition of Bus Stop and Tom Jones' Green, Green Grass Of Home.

The footage was filmed only two months before The Beatles played their final gig at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in August 1966.

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