The John and Yoko Bed-in
In March 1969 John Lennon of the Beatles and his new wife Yoko Ono staged a bed-in for peace in the Amsterdam Hilton, lying in bed for six days and inviting in the world's media
In March 1969 John Lennon of the Beatles and his new wife, Yoko Ono, staged a bed-in for peace in the Amsterdam Hilton, lying in bed for six days and inviting in the world's media as a protest agains the Vietnam war. Witness talks to the Dutch photographer Claude Vanheye who John and Yoko invited to come and have breakfast with them.
(Photo: Photographer Claude Vanheye crouches beside the bed where John Lennon and Yoko Ono are staging their bed-in in March 1969. Credit: Nico Koster)
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