Round the World with Movietone: Finding the lady - selecting Miss France

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
449A
Date Released
13 Jan 1938
Date submitted
11 Jan 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 19
Section Title
Round the World with Movietone
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Selecting "Miss France". SHOTLIST: Two French girls have been elected as "Misses France" 1938, and they are going to represent France at the 1939 Chicago Exposition. The jury, composed of French personalities, questions the candidates, so that their voices and intelligence might be tested, and the winners are Genevieve Karquel and Marie-Francoise Lebeau.
Keywords
Women; Competitions; Fashion and costume
Locations
France
Footage sources
Paris
Card file number
32288
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Carl Bernard
Commentator
Enid Lowe
Commentator
Ivan Scott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
22
Story extras:

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'Round the World with Movietone: Finding the lady - selecting Miss France', British Movietone News Issue No. 449A, 13 Jan 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8387 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)