Lancashire Lass Wins

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1693
Date Released
13 Nov 1961
Date submitted
9 Nov 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lancashire Lass Wins. DESCRIPTION: For the Miss World title, worldwide beauty was on parade in London. The winner was Rosemarie Frankland, a beautiful 18-year-old girl from Lancaster. Miss United Kingdom, declared the judges, is the new Miss World. Bob Hope performed the coronation ritual. Grace Li, from Formosa, came second, and Carmen Cervera, Spain, third. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MLS contestants parading. MLS contestant from Brussels. MS judges. MCU contestant from Germany. MCU contestant from Sweden. MCU pan contestant from New Zealand. MCU contestant from USA. MS pan same from Denmark. MCU pan contestant from France. MCU same from Spain. MLS pan contestant from United Kingdom. MS pan same. MCU judges. LS Bob Hope crowns Miss World. CU Miss World. MS press photographers. MCU pan Miss World.
Keywords
Women; Competitions; Performing arts
Locations
London
Card file number
83457
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Ken Taylor
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Lancashire Lass Wins', British Movietone News Issue No. 1693, 13 Nov 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24362 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)