The Beatles at the Cavern Club in November 1961, before Ringo, with Pete Best as drummer

The Beatles duriing their first official recording session, EMI, Abbey Road

The Beatles, the Star Club, Hamburg

The Beatles played at the Cavern Club

The first Beatles single

A young Swedish fan hugs George Harrison as The Beatles play at a pop festival

The Beatles hold their silver disc with record producer George Martin

The Beatles' members and George Martin in a coffee break

Marlene Dietrich meets The Beatles

George Martin with The Beatles during a 'She Loves You' recording session

The Beatles with George Martin for their photo session at E.M.I. House, Manchester Square

Fans and media swarm the Beatles at Schiphol Airport

Arriving in Pittsburgh

Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison in the Bahamas for the filming of The Beatles’ second film, Help!, released in UK cinemas

The Beatles on the beach. Though the Caribbean scenes come at the end of the film, they were the first to be shot. The band decamped with the crew to the Bahamas on 23 February 1965, filming on New Providence Island and Paradise Island.

Filming the bike-riding scene on the Interfield Road, near to Nassau International Airport on New Providence Island.

The bike-riding scene was shot on the first full day of the 14-day Caribbean shoot. Rock lore has it that it was during the filming of this sequence that George Harrison was approached by a Krishna follower and given a book about Hare Krishna that would spark Harrison’s fascination with eastern spiritualism.

Filming Help! (1965) in the Bahamas. The film’s working title was ‘Eight Arms to Hold You’