Queen of the Ball

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1625A

Date Released

28 Jul 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Officers of the Future
2. 2Queen of the Ball
3. 3Katanga Battle
4. 4In Memoriam
5. 5Polaris on Target

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen of the Ball. DESCRIPTION: They held a Dairy Festival in London, and the guest of honour came up from the Duke of Bedford’s Estate at Woburn. Our pictures show now the finals in the National Dairy Queen contest. And here’s the winner: 21-year-old Eirian Griffith Evans from North Wales. SHOTLIST: People dancing. CU Duke of Bedford. Cow - Duke of Bedford in background. Pan - judges. CU dairy queen. Queen of the Cream. Judges. Queen being crowned. CU queen. Runners up. Queen and runners up. Duke of Bedford dancing with queen.

Keywords

Music and dance; Women; Aristocracy; Agriculture; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Fashion and costume; Animal husbandry

Locations

England

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

80750

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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