Rare Photos of George Harrison and Ringo Starr Wearing Swimming Trunks While in a Rehearsal, 1964

The day before their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles spent all afternoon rehearsing at their Miami hotel.

The group are said to have rehearsed at the Deauville Hotel's Napoleon Room while wearing swimming trunks. At 2pm there was a dress rehearsal before an audience of 2,500 people, the majority of whom had been queuing outside the hotel since early in the morning.