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Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1696A
Date Released
7 Dec 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: #Name?. DESCRIPTION: In some far-away places, they celebrate the festive season differently, the Great Barrier Reef, for example, off Queensland, Australia. (Hayman Island, to be precise!) Here, you can relax in the sunshine amid the most attractive scenery. And they have a beauty queen contest, of-course. The lucky prize-winner gets all the trimmings, and a crown of coral for a Coral Queen. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS sea plane landing on the water. CU underneath of sea plane. Aerial of Hayman Island off the Great Barrier Reef. LS people coming out of beach huts. MS man takes a photo of a woman in a swimsuit posing on a boat. LS boy climbs a coconut tree. MS boy knocks coconut off tree. MS two men carrying a pig on a spit over to the fire. MS woman dancing. MS woman’s gyrating body. LS two men looking at two large fish hanging up. MS the two men shake hands. LS swimming pool. MS tug-of-war taking place over swimming pool - one man falls in. MS all the men fall in the pool. MS legs pan up to beauty queens by the pool. MS winner walks to camera. MS same with sash placed around her neck and crown put on her head. CU winner’s face. LS people water skiing. GV island with sea in foreground.
Keywords
Women; Weather; Competitions
Locations
Australia; Hayman Island
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
83587
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
153
Story extras:
Film clip

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'#Name?', British Movietone News Issue No. 1696A, 7 Dec 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24395 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)