Allan Williams and The Merseybeats if they could shed any light on it for us. At first it was thought the venue was the Floral Hall in Southport, but after going through it with Pete, we realised the stage was too small.
"The closest date Pete has in his diary at that time was a gig at St Paul's Presbyterian Church in North
Road, Tranmere, which does not exist any more. We're pretty certain that is the venue in the film."
The Best Wishes team was offered the footage by a man whose father had filmed it with a Standard 8 Cine camera.
The men would not reveal how much the film is worth, but it is understood to be a "substantial amount".
They believe the gig was at the time when Brian Epstein had started managing the band, but before he encouraged them to drop their quiffs and leathers for moptops and collarless suits.
Mr Humphreys added: "It is the earliest-known footage of the Beatles by eight or nine months and the only colour footage in existence of them at that time.
"The next known footage is when Granada filmed them in the Cavern, but that was in black and white."
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