News in Brief: Beauty Queen Crowned

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1435A
Date Released
6 Dec 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen Visits London Museum
  2. 2News in Brief: Christmas Card for Charity
  3. 3News in Brief: New Type of Helicopter
  4. 4News in Brief: Away from It All
  5. 5News in Brief: Beauty Queen Crowned
  6. 6UNO Take Over
  7. 7It’s Not Cricket, Sir
  8. *Rugby League - 2nd Test

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Beauty Queen Crowned - Miss Australia. DESCRIPTION: At Melbourne, the finals of the world’s richest beauty contest. The new Miss Australia is 21 year old June Finlayson. She will receive seven thousand pounds in prizes, including a car, clothes and an overseas tour. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the contestants walking along the catwalk. Contestants congratulate June Finlayson. MCU June Finlayson being crowned. June Finlayson receives the trophy. June Finlayson dances with Sir Dallas Brooks (Governor of Victoria).
Keywords
Women; Competitions
Locations
Melbourne; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
69079
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
51
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 80 times.