The Body Beautiful

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1706A

Date Released

15 Feb 1962

Date submitted

12 Feb 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Island Survives
2. 2Kenyatta Explains
3. 3Mansfield Shakes the Sharks
4. 4The Body Beautiful
5. 5Twickenham - England Trounce Ireland
6. 6Fun Aboard France

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Body Beautiful. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show competitors in an International Physique Contest in London. A team representing the West Indies was declared the tops. Girls figured prominently at the 1962 British Olympic Gymnastic Championships. Title-holder Monica Rutherford, a student, won this year, too. Star of the men’s event was 34-year-old veteran Nick Stuart, an Army PT instructor. Now for something rather different at this Weight Lifting Contest. The reigning Mr Britain lifted 420 lbs! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS man. MS crowd. MS coloured man. GV crowd. MCU man. MS crowd. MS three West Indians. GV all competitors. MS crowd. MS four women. MS Geraldine Ford. MS crowd. MS Margaret Allen. MS crowd. MS Brenda Sell (girl on bars) (2 shots). MS crowd. MCU girl with cup (Monica Rutherford). GV crowd. MS Nick Stuart on bars. MS crowd. MS man on horse. MCU man lifting weights. GV crowd. MS Mister Britain.

Keywords

Competitions; Athletics

Locations

London

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

83893

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

156

Story extras:

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