John & Yoko : give peace a song / directed and produced by Alan Lysaght and Paul McGrath ; produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; CBC Home Video.
Publisher:
Universal Music Enterprises,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Narrator, Paul McGrath. John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Over 35 minutes of bonus material including television interviews, the press conference, Petula Clark's visit, interviews from André Perry, Tom Smothers and Judy Steinberg.
Contents:
The bed-in begins -- The choir assembles -- Recording "Give peace a chance" -- Pete Seeger makes the song famous -- The song lives on -- John Lennon performs "Give peace a chance."
Summary:
In 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono invited the press to come to them as they campaigned for world peace while lying in a bed in a hotel room. There they debated with Marshall McLuhan, met with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and were confronted by cartoonist Al Capp.
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