Video: 'Midnight Special #1 (Pilot) August 19th, 1972' (7 clips)
(Saturday, August 19, 1972, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — The Midnight Special, an American late-night musical variety program that would develop into a regular series starting Feb. 2, 1973, premiered early this morning as a special on NBC. Continue reading ‘The Midnight Special’ musical variety TV show debuts on NBC 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 19 1972)
Video: Lennon, Ono and Rivera on Aug. 5, 1972 (at 0:00-3:33)
(Saturday, August 5, 1972) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were filmed today in San Francisco for an interview by Geraldo Rivera for Eyewitness News on WABC-TV in New York, travelling through the city aboard a cable car, driving the city’s steep hills in a car, viewing the Golden Gate Bridge and visiting Fisherman’s Wharf. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono interviewed by WABC-TV’s Geraldo Rivera in San Francisco 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1972)
Video: 'Paul McCartney & Wings - Mary Had A Little Lamb (Countryside Video)'
(Tuesday, June 6, 1972) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his new group, Wings, recorded four promotional videos for their new single “Mary Had a Little Lamb” today at BBC Television Theater in Shepherds Bush, London. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings tape four promo videos for ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ in London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 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. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono interviewed about search for Ono’s daughter 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1972)
Video: 'THE DICK CAVETT SHOW John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Shirley MacLaine'
(Wednesday, May 3, 1972, evening EDT) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, taped an appearance today (for airing on May 11, 1972 on ABC-TV) in New York on The Dick Cavett Show, claiming that he is being followed and that his telephone is being tapped by the FBI. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono claim they’re under FBI surveillance 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1972)
Video: 'John Lennon vs. FBI & Nixon - CBS Evening News - March 22, 1983' (Apr. 18, 1972, at 0:55-1:10)
(Tuesday, April 18, 1972) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono, who say they are still searching for her child, won a two-week’s delay today in deportation proceedings against them in New York. Continue reading Deportation proceedings against John Lennon & Yoko Ono delayed for another two weeks 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 18 1972)
Video: 'John Cage, John Lennon & Yoko Ono'
(Monday, April 17, 1972) — It was on or about this date that ex-Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, spent some time in the New York apartment of their Bank Street neighbor John Cage, who was the subject of a documentary being directed by the German avant-garde writer and composer Hans G. Helms. Continue reading John Lennon and Yoko Ono filmed for inclusion in John Cage documentary 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1972)
Video: 'Paul McCartney & Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish Rehearsals + Interview (Complete)'
(Tuesday, March 7, 1972) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney was interviewed today at his London home by ABC News London reporter George Watson about his political stance following the release of “Give Ireland Back to the Irish” by his new band Wings, written in protest of after British paratroopers shot dead thirteen Catholics after a civil rights demonstration in Londonderry, in an incident known as Bloody Sunday. Continue reading Paul McCartney interviewed about ‘Give Ireland Back To The Irish’ protest song 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 7 1972)
Video: 'Sammy's Visit'
(Saturday, February 19, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Bunkers have the honor of hosting Sammy Davis, Jr. in their home to retrieve a briefcase he accidentally left earlier in Archie’s cab on “Sammy’s Visit,” tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family. Continue reading ‘Sammy’s Visit’ episode airs tonight on CBS-TV sitcom ‘All In The Family’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 19 1972)
Video: 'John Lennon & Yoko Ono - The Mike Douglas Show, 18/02/1972 (Legendado PT-BR)'
(Friday, February 4, 1972, afternoon EST) — John Lennon and Yoko Ono taped their fifth and final appearance today as co-hosts on the prestigious Emmy award-winning WBC (Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation) afternoon talk show The Mike Douglas Show. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono tape fifth and final appearance as co-hosts of ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 4 1972)
