Beatles Director Richard Lester Donates Archives

Among the treasures are first draft scripts for the two Beatles movies he directed: "A Hard Days Night" (1964) and "Help!" (1965); the scripts are entitled "The Beatles" and "Beatles Two."

The landmark, "A Hard Days Night," influenced a generation of musicians and directors; both the band and Lester received the inaugural MTV Video Vanguard Award in 1984 for "essentially inventing the music video." - more on this story

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