The Body Beautiful

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1377A

Date Released

27 Oct 1955

Date submitted

21 Oct 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wales V England
2. 2Saar Says No
3. 3Cyprus - Latest Despatches
4. 4Jack Meets Ivan
5. 5The Body Beautiful
6. 6State Visit of the President of Portugal
7. *Scotland - League Cup Final
8. *Rugby Union - Wales V British Lions

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Universe Contest & Miss World Beauty Competition. DESCRIPTION: Muscle men of the Mr Universe contest in Munich and the Miss World contest in London, which was won by Carmen Djuim of Venezuela. SHOTLIST: MR UNIVERSE - Various shots of competitors flexing their muscles. Winner Tommy Kono?. MISS WORLD - CU various competitors parading in bathing suits. CU Winner Miss Venezuela (Carmen Djuim) in bathing costume. CU Miss Venezuela in winners regalia. Judges: Jack Hylton, Gerald Kelly, Hermone Gingold. Charles Eade, Gloria Swanson, Steve Cochran, Hardy Aimes & Claude Berr - all seen seated behind contestants. World Weight Lifting Championships - MCU man lifting up weights. Paul Anderson comes onto stage and then lifts weights. MCU walking off stage as World Champion in the Heavyweight class.

Keywords

Women; Competitions

Locations

London; Germany; Munich; Lyceum Ballroom

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

64923

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Davies

Camera

Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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