en en en en en en en en en en en en en fr en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en it en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en en
A second version of the “I Feel Fine” video showed the Beatles having a fish and chips lunch on the set.
Several music videos (promotional films in yesteryear’s language) were made by The Beatles in Twickenham studios on November 23, 1965. Some old, some new, the songs in question were “We Can Work It Out”, “Day Tripper”, “Help!”, “Ticket To Ride” and “I Feel Fine”. Tony Bramwell was producing, and he had hired a camera team from Intertel Video, filming in black and white.
The videos were included in the “1+” CD+DVD release five years ago, in their original black and white state.  Come 2020 and colourising has been the big craze, because of a new, automatic technique based on machine learning. Since it became available, hobbyists have been treating black and white photos and films of the Beatles with the new technique. I don’t think our example has been done this way, since the automatic colourising process is based on simply guessing which colours clothes and other surroundings should be. This version of “I Feel Fine” has the same colours as available original colour photos snapped during the filming.
A word from the video creators: “This is a video of The Beatles miming at Twickenham studios for one of the Intertel promo videos filmed in 1965. This video took a lot of work to create and I hope that one day Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr see it. Special thanks to our friends and families who helped do the research on what color Ringo’s bike is”.
Masking & Rotoscoping: Alex Cisija
The first time colourising a Beatles video was done professionally, was when the producers of “The Beatles Anthology” decided – without telling Paul, George or Ringo about it – to colourise the “All You Need Is Love” segment from “Our World”, a program which had always been in black and white. Working from the many colour photographs taken during that day in 1967, they were able to recreate the colours quite accurately. They did one thing to reveal that it had been colourised, though: the Abbey Road studio chairs which were all red, were all coloured blue. Upon showing the finished version to George Harrison, they asked him if he noticed anything different about it. He didn’t. In his mind, this had always been in colour. Also, if you have seen the corresponding Rutles segment of “Love Life” from 1977, that was in colour. Only a part of the colourised “All You Need Is Love” clip was used in the Anthology series, but the whole song was later made available to TV companies and finally released for the fans in 2015 on the “1” CD+DVD release.
August 4, 2020 at 1:34 pm
This is very interesting stuff. One only hopes that the BBC will get professionals in to colourise shows that were originally in colour but now only survive in black and white like Steptoe & Son. I remember the Stones in colour many times on the Ed Sullivan Show. It would be great to see the Beatles on Sullivan in colour after all these years.
This effort is extremely well done and the colors look very natural. It brings on quite an impact….makes the video less dated and lends a strong feel of seeing the Fabs more lifelike in this particular video. Bravo!
August 4, 2020 at 5:12 pm
Good job, still there are some issues that need to be solved:
– light reflextions: when Georges guitar gives the reflection it should be white instead of black
– face colors: still need some work but it’s also the most difficult part as faces have not just one single color
– hair: by the coloration you could think that Paul had black and George very dark green (almost black) hair
If these problems can be sorted out it will be pretty good. Still I don’t hope that a colorized version of “A Hard Day’s Night” won’t become the only version
to watch in the future.
It’s still changing history and therefore it should only get in the right hands.
August 4, 2020 at 6:22 pm
Several Beatles DVD’s in Color are available in Japan on the Valkyrie label .
So far , Ed Sullivan 2DVD , Washington DVD and In Color Vol 1 ( including all the intertel promo films .) …….vol 2 to be released shortly .
August 6, 2020 at 12:36 am
Nicely done. Fortunately, I was able to snag the 480p video and replace the audio with the 2009 CD remaster (although I had to speed it up because the video plays the song 3% too fast).
August 15, 2020 at 8:29 pm
Very nicely done!! I hope they do more, and that there’s a way they “can be shared”. Valkyrie seems to be a “branch” of MisterClaudel (both are copyrighted by Peter and Wendy!). The colours are often decent to good, depending on the original, but the faces seem somewhat oversaturated, and a bit yellow/orange. There is a wealth of stuff on the In Color dvd, from Ed Sullivan (1 song – also separate Sullivan dvd) to the Cavern (not good) to Intertels to Holland, Valkyrie also has a colour Washington Coliseum which looks really good. I can send you screen caps. I think back to when the colour Shakespeare skit first appeard….
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Next story The Lennon tour of 1981
Previous story Plastic Ono Band book – unseen photos
About The Daily Beatle
This website is all about The Beatles and the individual members of The Beatles – news and articles. The text is © Roger Stormo, unless otherwise noted. We have no responsibility for links that go outside this blog.
Subscribe to new posts via Email
Enter your email address to subscribe to our site and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Abbey Road – The road that goes on forever
The Beatles after The Beatles – solo gigs
Paul McCartney – Music video collection 1970-2021 part 1
Paul McCartney Music Videos 1970-2021 Part 2
Ringo Starr: Music videos
George Harrison: music videos
The Beatles: Music Videos
John Lennon: Music videos
Archives Select Month September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 February 2008 October 2004 July 2003
olivernutherwun on MAL software saved “Revolver” mix
olivernutherwun on MAL software saved “Revolver” mix
olivernutherwun on Revolver – first look
olivernutherwun on Revolver – first look
olivernutherwun on Revolver – first look
David Tevault on McCartney Archives speculations
nateboy2 on Ringo’s albums as playlists
Rick on The Forthlin sessions
David D Haynes on Revolver – the special editions
MG on Ringo’s albums as playlists
Archives Select Month September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 February 2008 October 2004 July 2003