Original Beatles Strawberry Fields film schedule

	£		118
	$		156

This is the only extant copy known of the original shooting schedule for the filming of the Beatles' Strawberry Fields promotional video at Knowle Park, Kent, on January 30th 1967, co-ordinated by Tony Bramwell, from whose papers this item has been recovered.

It gives information about hotel accommodation, props, car hire, catering and details of the crew, etc. and is typed on fooscap paper (13"x 8 1/4").

Wikipedia says:

The promotional film for the song is now recognized as one of the first and most successful conceptual music videos, featuring reverse film effects, stop motion animation, disconcerting jump cuts from daytime to nighttime and (among other things) the Beatles playing and subsequently pouring paint over and smashing an upright piano. It also featured the use of jarring juxtaposition of setting with props - such as a table in the middle of an open field - often seen in more recent 'eccentric' music videos. It was filmed on January 30, 1967 in Knole Park in Sevenoaks, and directed by Peter Goldmann. Goldmann was a friend of Klaus Voormann who recommended the Swedish TV director to the group.[3] The location of the filming is easy to find, as it is on one of the main roads through the park with a recognisable tree. Though filmed at the same time as the "Penny Lane" video, it is considerably more groundbreaking and adventurous (which probably has to do with the harsher tone of the song). Both videos were selected by New York's MoMA as two of the most influential music videos in the late 1960s; both were originally broadcast in the United States in early 1967 on the variety show Hollywood Palace, with Liberace as host.

The song gave its name to the Strawberry Fields memorial in New York City's Central Park, near the site of Lennon's assassination.

To anyone researching or writing about this period, these documents offer authentic detail and background that would otherwise be very difficult to obtain.

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PLEASE NOTE - The sticky tape on the top of this item has NOT been added by us - it was on the paper as found and we felt that it was best left there as we did not want to risk damaging the paper.

We have been informed that Tony Bramwell has been circulating defamatory rumours about his ex-wife and two sons in an attempt to have these auctions stopped. We therefore wish to inform his many fans of the following facts, which are indisputable and provable matters of official record:

• On October 11 1990, the Bramwell's family house in London was repossessed, as a result of Tony Bramwell's non-payment of bills and mortgage.
• Tony Bramwell was made bankrupt in 1992 by the Inland Revenue.
• On November 8 2004 Tony Bramwell deserted his wife and two sons, leaving them to be evicted, homeless and penniless. He also abandoned all his books, papers, memorabilia, clothing, bank statements and other items, including those currently on eBay, which have since been in the possession of his ex-wife, Lesley. For the next two years, he lived in a hotel in Totnes.

Lesley was granted a divorce on November 14 2005 on the grounds of his unreasonable behaviour. She has so far remained silent about his behaviour over 25 years of marriage through loyalty and in order to protect her children, but as her reputation is now under attack, she is considering telling her story, which will expose the real truth about Tony Bramwell.