Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Inter-State Beauty Contest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
896
Date Released
5 Aug 1946
Date submitted
1 Aug 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Poster Girls. DESCRIPTION: A contest between the lovelies of Florida and California. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Line of girls wrapped in cellophane stand in front of plane. Girls in cellophane carried from plane. Several shots of them. Cellophane taken off. The girls compete against California girls, themselves being from Florida. Shots of judges watching. One of the judges decides the winner. Losers decide he’s wrong, so he changes his mind again, and finishes up on ground with girls all over him.
Keywords
Women; Competitions
Locations
Los Angeles
Footage sources
USM?
Card file number
47286
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Inter-State Beauty Contest', British Movietone News Issue No. 896, 5 Aug 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13968 (Accessed 19 Aug 2025)