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An unassuming Liverpool street went back in time on Monday as director Sam Mendes prepared to shoot scenes for his new anthology of films outside the childhood home of Sir .
Mendes is currently working on an ambitious collection of films about the pioneering pop group and their emergence from Liverpool's subterranean Cavern Club to become the biggest and most influential band in the world.
Having already filmed raucous scenes in central London, the director and his team have relocated to Allerton and the modest street outside 20 Forthlin Road, McCartney's home for several years before signing his first record deal with The Beatles in 1962.
Built in 1949, the address was originally bought by McCartney's father Jim in 1955. He would remain their for a decade, until his son - by now a global star - bought him a new house in Heswell, a more prosperous part of the Wirral.
The terraced home, now a property, was a hive of activity as the street was cut off by traffic cones and diversions were created for oncoming vehicles.
With black tents and vintage cars lining either side of the road, production assistants were seen wheeling period-appropriate props and clothing onto the exterior set.
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A production assistant was seen carrying a replica of Sir Paul McCartney's very first guitar, the Framus Zenith (Model 17) acoustic, as Sam Mendes continued filming his Beatles film anthology in LIverpool on Monday
The director and his team have relocated to Allerton and 20 Forthlin Road, McCartney's childhood home for several years before signing his first record deal with The Beatles in 1962
Early sixties-era bicycles, boxes and bags occupied space outside the property, while a variety of musical instruments - among them a replica of McCartney's first ever guitar, the Framus Zenith (Model 17) acoustic.
The legendary musician originally purchased the German-made guitar, which he still owns, from Liverpool's Rushworth Music shop in 1956, when he was 14-years old.
Extras in period costume were also seen mingling with the crew as Mendes and his team prepared to shoot scenes outside McCartney's old home, referred to by owners The National Trust as 'the birthplace of The Beatles.'
But there was no sign of Paul Mescal, the actor charged with playing McCartney in his youth, with the Irish star having appeared at the 79th annual BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday evening.
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Mescal's portrayal of William Shakespeare in director Chloé Zhao's biographical drama Hamnet
But while he lost out to One Battle After Another star Sean Penn on the night, the actor saw Hamnet .
Mescal will
A strong supporting cast includes Aimee Lou Wood as Harrison's model wife Pattie Boyd, Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono and James Norton as the band's manager, Brian Epstein.
Extras in period costume were also seen mingling with the crew as Mendes and his team prepared to shoot scenes outside McCartney's old home
Various drums, among them a large bass drum, were seen being carried across the street by a production assistant on Monday
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Early sixties-era boxes and bags occupied space outside the property, which is now owned by The National Trust
Bicycles from the same early 1960s period lined a fence alongside the various boxes and bags
A cast-member, thought to be an extra, chats to members of the crew between scenes
Vintage cars were seen on the Liverpool set as cameras prepared to roll on Monday
Onlookers gathered to watch the action, with some taking photos and recording videos on their camera phones
A rail of clothes was seen being wheeled onto the exterior set by two production assistants
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Black tents were erected and the street was closed, with traffic diversions created for oncoming vehicles
Speaking at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas last April, an event the cast also attended, Mendes described the films as the 'first binge-able theatrical experience'.
