Glamour of the Tall Girl

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1053

Date Released

8 Aug 1949

Date submitted

4 Aug 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Calcutta’s Thousands Hail Nehru
2. 2Early Harvest
3. 3Glamour of the Tall Girl
4. 4US Staff Chiefs Meet British Opposites
5. 5Happy Amethyst Relatives

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Glamour of the Tall Girl. DESCRIPTION: From New York we see that being a tall girl is not a disadvantage, they hold a Tall Girl Beauty Contest. SHOTLIST: KS. Tall girls line-up in swimming costumes. GV of parade. Small man (judge Jerry Bergen) inspects girls, several gag shots. CU crowning girl bend her knees so the judge can place crown on head. Winner is Helen Lukas of Chicago.

Keywords

Women; Competitions

Locations

New York

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

52359

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

53

Story extras:

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