Ed Sullivan backstage with the Beatles during a dress rehearsal, February, 1964. The Beatles video segment above was from their first (of four) scheduled Sunday night appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show.February 9, 1964New York, February 10 — “Seventy-million American televiewers saw the Beatles last night in action and heard the shrieks of an excited studio audience . . . . “— New York Daily NewsThe Beatles’ televised appearance that Sunday night was dated on this VIP admission ticket for the Ed Sullivan Show.