The Rose of Tralee Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2519
Date Released
11 Sep 1977
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Rose of Tralee Festival. DESCRIPTION: Girls came from all over the world to compete to be ‘The Rose of Tralee’, but to be eligible for the Competition they must have Irish ancestry. After the Beauty Contest, the Festival continues for six days with many events. SHOTLIST: MS US Army band from Heidelberg. MS Miss New York, Miss Sydney and Miss Dublin on Concorde float. MS Miss Washington. Miss Toronto and Miss New Zealand on rose float. MCU ditto. MS Miss London and Miss Chicago. LS other float. MS Miss Jersey and Miss Birmingham. MS pan Scottish pipers. MS Scottish drummer. MS Miss Pennsylvania and Miss Thames Valley. MS Miss Cork and Miss San Francisco in shell. MS pan two camels. MS pan all girls together. MS Miss New York and Miss Peterborough. MS Miss Sydney, Miss Peterborough and Miss Birmingham. MS pan girls waving. GV crowds. LS US band into arena. MCU ditto. LS crowd. MS children in donkey derby. MS ditto. Various of motor cycle display. NB: Miss Waterford Wins contest. Miss London - Elaine Tully, Miss Chicago - Cathie O’Connell, Miss Jersey - Marie McCann, Miss Birmingham - Mary McNulty, Miss Waterford - Orla Burke - Winner.
Keywords
Women; Competitions
Locations
Republic of Ireland; Tralee
Card file number
77/160
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
186
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Rose of Tralee Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 2519, 11 Sep 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31028 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)