Backstage interview in Cardiff

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On this day, The Beatles performed the last two concerts of their final UK tour, in Cardiff. The first show took place at 5:30 pm and the second at 8 pm. Also appearing on the bill were the Moody Blues, the Paramounts, Beryl Marsden, Steve Aldo, the Koobas, and the Marionettes.

Between the two shows, The Beatles gave interviews to the South Wales Argus and the South Wales Echo. They also recorded a filmed interview — for an unidentified publisher — which resurfaced in 2019. Paul McCartney also gave an interview to Record Mirror.

From Evening Express, September 27, 2019:

Lost footage of The Beatles has emerged after being found in a Welsh bread bin. The film shows the band joking and having fun during an interview in Cardiff in 1965. The Fab Four are seen gently mocking a journalist as they mess around on camera.

Reels capturing the global stars were found in a bread bin during a house clearance in Wales, and the film is valued by auctioneers at £10,000.

Auctioneer Paul Fairweather, of Omega Auctions, said: “This lost footage is a great find. All four Beatles are in fine form throughout both of the Cardiff films, laughing and joking, while the interviewer tries to remain serious. The sound and image quality is fantastic. I expect these have never been since 1965.”

The four-minute clip shows Ringo Starr telling the earnest interviewer that the band’s next film will be a Western. Also making life difficult for the journalist, John Lennon jokes that Paul McCartney has five children in Swansea. They also break into a rendition of There’s No Business Like Show Business, and pull funny faces throughout the interview. […]