Gene:

Well, first of all --- I would prefer to have something on DVD --- as opposed to VHS --- simply because my DVD player has never eaten a DVD like my VCR has eaten numerous VHS tapes over the years.

The extras on this DVD amount to two things primarily:

01) Albert Maysles Director's Commentary track over the original documentary.

02) The 51 minute "Making Of" documentary.

The making of documentary contains footage that has been reassembled from the unused footage, providing some great moments:

These moments include hotel room footage, footage on the train, and at the Ed Sullivan Show rehearsals.

My favorite moment of all these extra moments is when John Lennon is talking to a fellow train traveller about being a drug addict --- referring to cigarettes, of course.

Even though The BEATLES are not my favorite band by a long stretch --- I still believe that these types of documents are important history in terms of American pop culture.

It is TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE as far as I am concerned.

But, should you buy a copy? That depends on how much value you place on history of an enjoyable sort.

With The BEATLES, there were never any wars, no new world orders, no disenfranchised segments of the population. It was all only about one thing --- love, peace, and happiness for all.

KDB = Buffalo, NY USA