The Body Beautiful
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Universe Contest & Miss World Beauty Competition. DESCRIPTION: Muscle men of the Mr Universe contest in Munich and the Miss World contest in London, which was won by Carmen Djuim of Venezuela. SHOTLIST: MR UNIVERSE - Various shots of competitors flexing their muscles. Winner Tommy Kono?. MISS WORLD - CU various competitors parading in bathing suits. CU Winner Miss Venezuela (Carmen Djuim) in bathing costume. CU Miss Venezuela in winners regalia. Judges: Jack Hylton, Gerald Kelly, Hermone Gingold. Charles Eade, Gloria Swanson, Steve Cochran, Hardy Aimes & Claude Berr - all seen seated behind contestants. World Weight Lifting Championships - MCU man lifting up weights. Paul Anderson comes onto stage and then lifts weights. MCU walking off stage as World Champion in the Heavyweight class.
- Keywords
- Women; Competitions
- Locations
- London; Germany; Munich; Lyceum Ballroom
- Footage sources
- Germany
- Card file number
- 64923
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- John Davies
- Camera
- Terry O’Brien
- Length of story (in feet)
- 101
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How to cite this record
'The Body Beautiful', British Movietone News Issue No. 1377A, 27 Oct 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20473 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)