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National Beauty Queen 1952
Description
'Sunday Dispatch' National Bathing Beauty Contest - Morecambe, Lancashire.
SV. Pan, bathing beauties lined up (first 7' for super). GV. Parade, with No. 10, Helen Cameron, parading before judges. CU. George Formby (in sunglasses) smiling and pointing, as bathing belle walks past. SV. Cesar...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 27412
- Sort Number:
- 52/071
- Time in/Out:
- 01:29:59:00 / 01:31:30:00
- Canister:
- 52/71
- Film ID:
- 26.43
- Issue Date:
- 01/09/1952
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The location here is the Morecambe and Heysham swimming pool.
Doreen Dawne and Aileen Chase seen here had both narrowly missed out on winning Miss World 1951, finishing 2nd runner-up and 4th runner-up respectively.
"Lillemor Knusden" should read Lillemor Knudsen. She went on to get small parts in 5 British films of the 1950s, including the Belles of St Trinian's.
Brenda Mee went on to become Miss England in 1955.