America’s Fairest Daughters

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
1620
Date Released
30 Sep 1926
Date Other
29 Sep 1926
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 2Germany At War
  2. *America’s Fairest Daughters
  3. *The Pathfinder Of The Sky
  4. *NEW YORK - PARIS FLIGHT DISASTER
  5. *Flying Boat At Cromer
  6. *Manchester Civic week

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
NfO synopsis: Girls representing every section of the country parade in contest to decide 1926 Miss America. Atlantic City, N J (New Jersey). The abdicating queen from the 1925 pageant. Children competing in the pageant jazz dancing.
Researcher Comments
From film title card this appears to be an International Newsreel production, a Universal newsreel produced by the Hearst organisation. Item number unknown.
Keywords
Women; Competitions
Written sources
Newsfilm Online
Fielding, Raymond. The American Newsreel   Used for additional information
Library number GR
10456
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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