Toronto 1939

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Full titles read: "TORONTO"

Beauty contest at Police Games in Toronto, Canada. Various shots of numerous young girls walking in line smiling and wearing the latest fashions in bathing costumes. M/S and C/U of the winner nineteen year old Miss Nancy Morris smiling.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20122
Sort Number:
39/058
Time in/Out:
01:38:47:00 / 01:39:18:00
Canister:
39/58
Film ID:
1017.36
Issue Date:
20/07/1939

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  • The man placing the winner's sash on Nancy Morris is Mayor Ralph C Day.

    jamied 19th Jun 2012

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