Beatles’ Magical Mystery chippy clips

LONG-FORGOTTEN footage of the Beatles visiting a chip shop as they filmed their surreal movie Magical Mystery Tour is to be seen for the first time.

The group made a trip to Smedley’s chip shop in Roman Road, Taunton, Somerset, with cast and crew as they filmed the scenes in 1967 for a BBC Christmas special.

Only a small section of the footage made it into the final film, but now behind-the-scenes shots have been compiled by makers of a new Arena documentary and are available online.

The group are seen piling into the chippy and standing at the stainless steel counter as they order their food en route to Newquay, Cornwall.

The sceneswere discovered as the Arena team worked on their programme, which ties in with a remastered version of Magical Mystery Tour, which was premiered on Boxing Day 1967.