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  1. Liverpool Girl Crowned British Ballroom Queen

    Date released
    4 Apr 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1888
    NoS ID
    041622
    Story no
    2 / 7

    Film stars are judges at Grosvenor House in final of nation-wide Ballroom Queen Contest.

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  2. Film Stars Choose Ballroom Queen

    Date released
    4 Apr 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/27
    NoS ID
    102852
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 shot list

    A 22-year-old Liverpool girl - Dorothy Joliffe - is chosen Britain’s Queen of the Ballroom in a contest sponsored by "The People"

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  3. Essex Girl is Britain’s Ballroom Queen

    Date released
    27 Apr 1950
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    50/34
    NoS ID
    103441
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Eileen Smith, 18 year old Ilford, Essex, girl wins "The People’s" national ballroom contest in London and becomes Ballroom Queen for 1950.

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  4. World Beauty Queen

    Date released
    20 Nov 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1224A
    NoS ID
    018210
    Story no
    9 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Miss World Contest. DESCRIPTION: The beauty contest for the glorious title of Miss World was a big attraction at London’s Lyceum Ballroom. The judges included Richard Todd, Glynis...

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  5. CHOPWELL BEAUTY

    Date released
    Sep 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    346013
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Beauty contest in a Durham mining village of Chopwell NCB Commentary - The Durham village of Chopwell goes gay for one evening. Organised by a Newcastle Evening Paper is a County wide contest...

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  6. Caribbean Carnival

    Date released
    20 Feb 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1655
    NoS ID
    023996
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Caribbean Carnival. DESCRIPTION: There was a West Indian get-together in a famous London ballroom; cool, elegant and very sedate. And there was a beauty contest as well as a dance. The...

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