John Lennon & Yoko Ono interviewed about search for Ono’s daughter 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1972)


Video: 'John Lennon and Paul McCartney Interview Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne June 15, 1964' (video is actually from May 18, 1972, interview with John & Yoko is for the first 21 minutes, 44 seconds; the rest of the video is either without the Lennons or repetitive)

(Thursday, May 18, 1972) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were interviewed today by NBC reporter Pat Collins on their Bank Street apartment balcony in New York City about their struggle to stay in the U.S. to continue the search for Yoko’s daughter from her first marriage, Kyoko.

The interview was broadcast the next night, May 19, 1972.


Video: 'The Real Yoko Ono (Part 3 of 6)' (May 18, 1972, at 7:59-8:12)