The Our World television broadcast aired on June 25, 1967 and was estimated to reach 400 million viewers in 24 countries.
Sources
- The Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love': A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown (rollingstone.com)
- https://internationalbroadcasts.fandom.com/wiki/Our_World (internationalbroadcasts.fandom.com)
- https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/06/26/satellite-tv-julie-wittes-schlack (wbur.org)
- https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3153 (historyofinformation.com)
- https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/people/sar049/our_world/ (parkes.atnf.csiro.au)
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