John Lennon Central Park Vigil 12/14/1980 WNBC New York

[TheWheels777]

WNBC newscasts still have the same feel even today... Very consistent production

[commentoria]

Can someone please tell me what was the song that broke the 10 minutes of silence?

[DavidCastoe]

@commentoria I only heard two songs in that video and they were lennon solo song "Give Peace A Chance" and "Imagine".

[RevDrWally]

Where were you when you heard that Ralph Penza had died?

[Myrolex]

R.I.P. john Lennon and Ralph Penza.

[beans909]

aw that little kid who was like 'if he were here, he'd be happy y'know' was so cute.

[DsveysNavy]

As a 15 Lennon fan and 1st time i went to the city by myself... from Staten Island...pretty moving man...oh yeah also my first introduction to the wonderful aroma of hash in the crowd....he was my fav pacifist growing up.....years later I joined the Navy and realized how off the wall and simple minded his philosophy was...but he was right...it dont hurt to dream

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Wow thanks for posting this, what a trip. Like going back in time. Everyone was hip back then. A year later I saw the Simon and Garfunkel concert at Central Park and everyone was sharing joints while cops on horseback were only 2 feet away. I can`t believe it`s been 30 years already. "President elect Reagan" lol! That`s another one...My father and brother use to have bumper stickers all over the place supporting that guy, they use to call him "God" after the nightmare of Carter. Freakin` great!

[JamesTKirkCobain]

I remember this, I was about 16 when this happened and what ticked me off was they kept focusing on Jane Fonda for some reason. I think it was channel 11 not 4..I grew up in Queens NYC and what`s bizarre is a few weeks before he was shot me and my brother saw John in the street and my brother who was a Viet vet gave him some poems he wrote and Lennon was incredulous, like "What the F you want me to do with this mate?" ha ha That really pissed me off though with Fonda, I just hated her guts.

[thedecider1984]

wow