The Beatles May 1968

Title: John and Paul Press Conference In New York (NBC News)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Ameriacana Hotel, New York City, New York
Filming Date: May 14th 1968
Broadcast Date: May 14th 1968
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 00:13 Seconds
Quality: B
Source: "The Beatles Anthology" (DVD 2003)
Other Sources: "The Beatles 1968 Vol 2" (FAB Productions)

Notes: John Lennon and Paul McCartney held a press conference at what was then the Americana Hotel at 155 West 47th Street, New York City, to promote Apple Corps in the United States.

Derek Taylor fielded the questions, and in the audience was Linda Eastman. After the conference she once again spoke to
McCartney, and wrote her telephone number on an unused cheque and gave it to him.

On this day McCartney was, by his own admission, suffering from a "personal paranoia", possibly caused by drugs he had taken, so
Lennon did most of the talking. At times confrontational and edgy, the conference showed how Lennon and McCartney had become
unused to dealing with the press since The Beatles stopped touring.

Most news services covered the press conference.Nice colour footage was shown in "The Beatles Anthology" from an unknown source though it is probably from NBC or CBS.