The Beatles

for English language learners

Ticket to Ride
You are going to watch a song from the second Beatles film, A Hard Day's Night (1965).

The song shows The Beatles in the snow. Write down three things you think they will be doing?

Now watch and listen.


This clip comes from the film Help! directed by Richard Lester. It is often called the first pop video
This has often been called the first pop video. The director Richard Lester took The Beatles to the Austrian alps to film it - a new experience for them. You can see the fun they have in the film.

The Beatles wear dark capes and hats (to contrast with the snow). We see them attempting to ski, falling over, having lunch and generally playing.

There are some helicopter shots. We see a grand piano and Richard Lester superimposes musical notes over some telegraph pole pylons wires.
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