George Harrison autographing the plaster cast on the leg of a young Austrian girl, during a hotel press conference following the arrival of the Beatles in Salzburg, Austria in March 1965.
Two days after arriving back in the UK from the Bahamas, the Beatles boarded the 11 am flight from London Airport to Salzburg, Austria to continue filming Help!
Four thousand fans witnessed their arrival in Salzburg Airport, as did dozens of journalists and film crews. The group held a press conference at the Oesterreicher Hof Hotel before checking into the Hotel Edelweiss in the village of Obertauern.
Crowds gathered on all four sides of the hotel while the famed quartet held a conference with more 100 representatives of the international press. West German television, representing 22 million viewers covered the arrival and the conference.
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