Paul McCartney January 1980

Title: Kyou No Dekigoto - Paul`s Arrival
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Date: January 16th 1980
Broadcast Date: January 16th 1980
Country Of Broadcast: Japan
Duration: 00:49 Seconds
Quality: C
Source: "Paul McCartney Up In Smoke" (MCP 2015)
Other Source: "Paul McCartney Inside The Archives Vol 3" (Morse Moose)
Notes: Aborted Japanese Tour - Paul Arrested
This "mistake" of Paul`s was headline news for the first three days all around the World.
Numerous TV news & current affairs programs dedicated a lot of airtime to this.
Basically there were far too many broadcasts so I am only listing the longer and better quality items or ones with unique exclusive footage.
Many broadcasts utilised the exact same footage in various edits and with the footage of when Paul was leaving Japan
dozens of cameras were lined up next to one another and captured the exact same footage albeit from a slightly different angle.
Nobody, except on the plane before takeoff, had an exclusive interview with Paul or Linda though Linda did do a couple of
brief press conferences and made some comments to waiting cameras when leaving the jail or Immigration offices during the 10 days.
So overall footage of Paul is limited to Jan 16/17 and 25. Thankfully someone in Japan compiled a lot of TV footage and has made it available which can be found on MCP & FAB`s DVD`s and a few other rarer releases.
The names of some programs are currently unknown due to being in Japanese but we tried our best to identify them.
At 3:00 PM on 16 January 1980 Paul McCartney and his entourage arrived at Tokyo Narita Airport for an 11 day concert tour in three cities: Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka (January 21 - February 2 1980).
When customs officers opened Paul`s suitcase at Tokyo airport they found 219 grams of marijuana in a plastic bag.
Paul was arrested on the spot and was held in jail for nine days before being deported on 25 January 1980. If convicted, Paul could have faced up to seven years in prison. The scheduled Japanese tour was cancelled.
The current affairs program "Kyono Dekigoto" showed footage of Paul and family`s arrival at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan before Paul was arrested.