John Lennon December 1968

Title: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Type: TV Special
Filming Location: Intertel Studios, Wembley; "Kenwood", Weybridge & Knightsbridge, London, England
Filming Date: December 11th-14th 1968
Broadcast Date: March 30th 1969
Country Of Broadcast: Austria
Duration: 31:08 Minutes
Quality: C-
Source: "Paul & Ringo Two Of Us Standing Solo Vol 26" (BedHead Productions)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Lost & Found Vol 13" (FAB Productions)

Notes: John & Yoko allowed a film crew from Austria to film them over four days for a TV documentary about them. The doco "John
Lennon & Yoko Ono", aired in March 1969 on Austrian TV in black and white despite being filmed in colour. Naturally the 30
minute TV special focused mainly on John but there was also a short segment on Yoko as well.

On the first day of filming (Dec 11, 1968) they accompanied John & Yoko to the shooting of "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll
Circus" spectacular in which the Austrian crew filmed unique performances of "The Dirty Mac" as well as some non performance
material. The next day (Dec 12) the film crew went to John`s home "Kenwood" in Weybridge and shot some more footage that mainly
focused on Yoko`s unique artworks while John noodled on his guitar in the background. No filming was done the next day as far
as we know but they were on hand to film them at the dentist while another TV crew interviewed them.

The TV special aired on Austrian TV in late March 1969. Some colour snippets from the filming were used in the 2003 BBC Arena
documentary "Imagine Imagine" and the entire original black & white documentary broadcast has found its way onto bootleg
initially in average quality but an upgraded copy has recently come to light. In addition there is 24 minutes of silent colour
raw footage from "Kenwood" & 16 minutes of colour raw footage with sound from the "Rock and Roll Circus" filming in collector`s hands.

The original broadcast contents of this TV special are:
Dentist Interview (5 secs); "Two Virgins" film snippet; Dentist Interview (1 min); Montage of photos of Beatles in Hamburg;
Various file footage of Hamburg; Beatles Hamburg PC (June 1966) (1 min); Short segment on Ringo w/snippets from "Help" and
"Help" promo without darts; Short segment on "A Hard Day`s Night"; Arriving for Hamburg Concert (June 1966); Footage of "Help"
premiere and MBE`s; 1965/66 Airport arrivals & departures; Short segment w/footage from "How I Won The War"; Dentist
Interview (1:10 mins); J&Y at Kenwood - Yoko art (4:16 Mins); Rock and Roll Circus (2:52 mins); Dentist Interview (0:17 secs);
J&Y Arriving & leaving court (Oct 19 1968); Snippet from "Rape" (possible preview for following night`s broadcast) w/caption card: "Film No. 6 on March 31 Especially For You at 10:25 PM".