(Monday, November 1, 1982) — The compilation album The John Lennon Collection and the single Love/Gimme Some Truth by the late John Lennon was released in the UK today (the album was released in the U.S. on Nov. 8, 1982).
(Thursday, November 1, 1962) — How the West Was Won, an epic-western film about three generations of pioneers who take part in the forging of the American West, opened today in Britain.
Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall and Richard Thorpe, the film is narrated by Spencer Tracy and stars Carroll Baker, Walter Brennan, Lee J. Cobb, Andy Devine, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Harry Morgan, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, and Richard Widmark.