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Paul McCartney October 1979

Title: Reuters - The Guinness Book Of Records Award
Type: TV News Raw Footage
Filming Location: Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, England
Filming Date: October 24th 1979
Broadcast Date: October 24th 1979
Country Of Broadcast: UK/Europe
Duration: 15:15 Minutes
Quality: A-
Source: "Paul McCartney & Wings Chronology 1979 Vol 1" (Hog Town)
Other Sources: "Paul McCartney Let The Rarities Appear 1972-1989" (BA Productions)
Notes: Raw colour footage by Reuters news of the Guinness ceremony showing Paul & Linda arriving and chatting with the other guests.
Paul is then awarded a unique rhodium disc for being the most successful popular music composer of all time.
The ceremony was held in London and Paul also gave a few interviews after the ceremony.

Title: Reuters - The Guinness Book Of Records Award
Type: TV News Raw Footage
Filming Location: Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, England
Filming Date: October 24th 1979
Broadcast Date: October 24th 1979
Country Of Broadcast: UK/Europe
Duration: 05:10 Minutes
Quality: A-
Source: "Paul McCartney - Macca Archives Rare & Found Vol 9" (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: "Paul McCartney & Wings Chronology 1979 Vol 1" (Hog Town)
Notes: Raw colour footage of an exclusive interview done with Paul for Reuters News.
Also includes some B Roll of the interviewer asking the questions.
Excerpts from this footage has also been shown in the American documentaries "Great Romances" (Dec 2000)
and "Beatles Women" (Aug 2007) as well as in Paul`s own documentary "Wingspan" (2001).
WPIX Action News done a report using an extract from this interview but in poor quality.

Title: Countdown - The Guinness Book Of Records Award
Type: TV Show
Filming Location: Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, England
Filming Date: October 24th 1979
Broadcast Date: December 16th 1979
Country Of Broadcast: Australia
Duration: 02:05 Minutes
Quality: B+
Source: "Paul McCartney 1971-1979 Upgrades" (FFD Productions)
Other Sources: "Paul McCartney & Wings Chronology 1979 Vol 1" (Hog Town)
Notes: An interview done following the Guinness ceremony for the Australian pop music show "Countdown".
The interview was conducted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum and also includes a bit of the "Mull of Kintyre" promo.
ABC Australia shared an upgraded excerpt from this interview on their site.

Title: TF1 News 20H - The Guinness Book Of Records Award
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, England
Filming Date: October 24th 1979
Broadcast Date: December 25th 1979
Country Of Broadcast: France
Duration: 03:20 Minutes
Quality: A-
Source: "Solo Beatles Chronology Upgrades & Additions Vol 1" (Hog Town)
Other Sources:
Notes: French news story on Paul receiving the Guinness award along with an exclusive interview.