No title. Miss World beauty contest at Lyceum, London and Miss Kenya competition in Nairobi.
Various C/Us Miss World contestants. M/S girls parade in evening dress, zoom back to show all the girls lined up.
L/S contestants in Miss Kenya competition lined up on stage. L/S judges. L/S contestant parading in evening dress. M/S girl parading and showing herself off. L/S crowd watching. M/S contestant. M/S judges. L/S all the girls parade on the stage, one of them trips on the microphone wire. L/S girls parading. M/S judges. Panning shot the finalists on stage in swimming costumes. C/U current Miss World, Reita Faria, announcing the winner. L/S crowd applauding. Reita crowns the winner - Zipporah Mbugua - Miss Kenya. C/U Miss Kenya waving.
Panning shot Miss Ghana parading at Miss World contest, pan to L/S of other girls. C/U Miss Germany. C/U African contestant. C/U another contestant. C/U Miss Peru. C/U Miss USA. M/S Judges looking at girls. C/U US film star Maureen O'Hara. M/S the final seven lined up. C/U finalists Miss Guyana and Miss Israel. Pan row of finalists: Miss Argentina, Miss Czechoslovakia, Miss Germany, Miss Guyana, Miss Israel, Miss Peru and Miss UK. C/U Miss Peru and Miss UK. M/S judges. Miss Peru - Madeleine Hartog-Bel - is announced Miss World. C/U Miss World waving. C/U Maureen O'Hara clapping. C/U Reita Faria crowning Miss World. Reita hands Miss World the sceptre. Miss World is tearful and emotional. C/U actor Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare). C/U pan Miss World.
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