September 11, 1967, The Beatles set off on the road in a bus, with a bunch of friends, and a film crew to begin shooting Magical Mystery Tour. The film was unscripted and shooting proceeded on the basis of a mostly handwritten collection of ideas, sketches and situations, which Paul McCartney called the "Scrupt". Magical Mystery Tour was ultimately the shortest of all Beatles films, although almost ten hours of footage was shot over a two-week period. The core of the film was shot between September 11th and 25th, 1967.