The Beatles' iconic All You Need Is Love performance from 1967 Our World satellite broadcast

Broadcast at the height of the Vietnam War, Our World was the first live multinational satellite TV production featuring contributions from 14 countries and viewed by approximately 400 million people across five continents.

The Beatles represented the UK and performed their song All You Need Is Love which was written for the event.

Ringo Starr later shared, "We were big enough to command an audience of that size, and it was for love. It was for love and bloody peace. It was a fabulous time. I even get excited now when I realise that’s what it was for: peace and love, people putting flowers in guns."

The event lasted two-and-a-half hours and set a record for the largest television audience to date. The technology used for this broadcast would be utilised again two years later for the moon landing.

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Approximately 10,000 technicians, producers, and translators facilitated the event, ensuring smooth communication with narrators and translators for each country. The programme was shown in black-and-white and included contributions from national broadcasting companies such as ABC (Australia), CBC (Canada), NHK (Japan), BBC (UK), and NET (USA).

Additionally, it was broadcast in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, and other countries without their own contributions.

The video below shows footage from The Beatles rehearsing All You Need Is Love earlier in the day.