The Body Beautiful

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1706A
Date Released
15 Feb 1962
Date submitted
12 Feb 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Body Beautiful. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show competitors in an International Physique Contest in London. A team representing the West Indies was declared the tops. Girls figured prominently at the 1962 British Olympic Gymnastic Championships. Title-holder Monica Rutherford, a student, won this year, too. Star of the men’s event was 34-year-old veteran Nick Stuart, an Army PT instructor. Now for something rather different at this Weight Lifting Contest. The reigning Mr Britain lifted 420 lbs! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS man. MS crowd. MS coloured man. GV crowd. MCU man. MS crowd. MS three West Indians. GV all competitors. MS crowd. MS four women. MS Geraldine Ford. MS crowd. MS Margaret Allen. MS crowd. MS Brenda Sell (girl on bars) (2 shots). MS crowd. MCU girl with cup (Monica Rutherford). GV crowd. MS Nick Stuart on bars. MS crowd. MS man on horse. MCU man lifting weights. GV crowd. MS Mister Britain.
Keywords
Competitions; Athletics
Locations
London
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
83893
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
156
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Body Beautiful', British Movietone News Issue No. 1706A, 15 Feb 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24506 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)