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BEAUTY QUEENS & BEAUTY CONTESTS

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220454	00:55:47 - 00:57:49	1920s	Sd	B/W
	Roaring 20's Busy city streets with horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, automobiles. CU woman at beautician made up with lipstick. Woman with cloche hat, man lights her cigarette. Women show off legs. 'Miss' beauty contest, women in swimsuits. Worker hanging to pillar at top of skyscraper, street underneath. Prohibition, bashing bottles of alcohol, emptying barrels. Murder scene with corpse shot and police, car with back window smashed. Mass arrest, criminals come out with hands up, crowd watches. Dance competition Charleston. Bartender with cocktail shaker. Exotic dancers, men and women dance in night club. Sign Broadway, Wall Street, crowd.
220622	22:01:36 - 22:02:18	1930	Sil	B/W
	Jeanette Bluehorse, Sioux Princess Wins Indian Beauty Crown Pan over American Indian beauty contestants in front of lake. Chief with headdress compared to winning maiden as white man gestures.
220751	14:05:09 - 14:06:00	1930	Sil	B/W
	News Paragraphs - Long Beach California 'Little Mothers' parade their best dollies in prize contest. Little girls with dolls in prams in parade - various shots little girls with dollies. Dog pulling miniature cart with dolls on board. Lovely shot little boy contestant walking along holding doll by one leg.
220620	20:16:42 - 20:17:27	1931	Sil	B/W
	Ho, Hum - The Chiropracters Are In Again! (Helen Holliday ?) Chiropractors look at backs of bathing beauties in swim suits. Walk past them a number of times. Feeling backbones. Girls smile. (Beauty contest)
LN 501-212	01:21:22 - 01:22:07	1934	Sd	B/W
	Ford News - Rare Stamps Are Shown at Philatelic Exhibit Here Crowds looking at stamps. Two winners of World's Fair Beauty Contest. Coins & stamps in CU.
220805	08:21:22 - 08:22:08	1934	Sd	B/W
	Rare Stamps Are Shown At Philatelic Exhibit Here WorldÕs Fair Beauty Contest Winners attend philatelist show. St. Louis bear stamp.
220758	23:03:07 - 23:04:05	1935	Sil	B/W
	Celebrate US Wine Harvest Beauty Queen on float - various floats in parade. Barrell rolling contest - winner with cup.
182733	01:12:21	1935	Sil	B/W
	Bathing beauties parade along side pool. Wear numbers. Judge measures. Woman taking notes. Winner crowned. (Beauty contest.)
170154	07:17:09 - 07:17:47	1936	Sil	B/W
	175 Beauties Vie For Beach Title As 'Miss Florida' Beauty Contest Women parade in front of grandstand & alongside pool as spectators watch. Babe Ruth with cigar watching. Spectators applaud. Tilt up winner, Norma Crim. She is flanked by two runners-up as Babe Ruth gives her huge trophy and all smile. Bathing beauties; Bathing Beauty.
220585	11:24:12 - 11:31:52	1937	Sil	B/W
	Hollywood - Radio Show NBC Radio Studio two men sitting at microphones. Office with man on telephone and at typewriter. 11:26:02 Exterior Lonesome Club - for lonely folks 18-80. Girls on assembly line packing tins 11:27:29 Interior face powder factory ? men at machines 11:28:40 Beauty parlour, woman having make-up applied - Eyebrows and mascara. Male make up artist. Man at desk to beaty product samples. Interior store selling beauty products. 11:30:28 Exterior Max Factor or just Factor building. Woman having lipstick applied. Hairdressing.
220585	11:00:10 - 11:07:32	1937	Sil	B/W
	Hollywood Street Scenes Exterior building with sign Hollywood Mortuary. Bus / coach with banner on side saying Jane Withers fans. Pendulum on clock of Mortuary Building swinging, shop window of the Homedrug Co. - cosmetics in window. Large white building - architecture - long shots other buildings. Hamburger Kiosk WimpyÕs with sign of cartoon character Wimpey from Popeye outside. 11:01:56 Santa Fe train pulling in. Art Deco 'strange' shaped building ? Street scene, woman in very short skirt or skirted swimsuit walking dog. 11:02:21 Radio show being recorded. 11:03:27 Beauty parlour - Woman having face made up - cosmetics / lipstick. Woman having hair done, male hairdresser. 11:04:34 Show at Hollywood Bowl - night shots. 11:05:14 Wigmakers - girls making wigs. Hands combing out wig for Alice Faye. Another wig for Gracie Allen being set. Make-up artist applying lipstick.
220361	04:25:17 - 04:26:15	1937	Sil	B/W
	Surface of Pond Mirrors Beauty of Novel Pageant Floats with girls dressed as Roman maidens pulled along surface of lake. other floats - girls on swing. Swan floats.
220307	08:17:05 - 08:18:30	1940s	Sd	B/W
	Women - Beauty Contest - Shopping - War Bonds Girls parade in swimsuits - low angle shot looking up legs of girls - walking over glass platform that has cameraman underneath. Girls pose for movie cameras. Run on nylons, stockings in shop window - women buying stockings. Bride and groom at door - tradition carries over threshold. Mother and child in kitchen - cooking - electric stove - cutting cake - various different foods out of oven including whole suckling pig. Soldier - mass of troops - War bonds falling on table.
220624	00:42:59 - 00:43:52	1941	Sil	B/W
	Coney Island - A New Slant on Glamour Girls Miss Modern Venus Beauty contest. Girls parade in swimsuits - first shots filmed of girls in distortion mirrors. Girls parade round swimming pool. Cameraman pulled on dolly along line. Girls measured - judges - winner Anne Gervis of Brooklyn.
220527	23:08:22 - 23:09:10	1943	Sil	B/W
	Blind Dates Beauty contest for prettiest legs. Girl sitting behind cut out and legs poked through. Women / Girls on swimsuits sitting in line put paper bags over heads. Men looking through fence. Girls with bags on head parade in swimsuits. Cut out board and man manipulates leg poking through. Rips open board to show pretty girl - winner?
LN 501-016	23:19:16 - 23:20:14	1945	Sd	B/W
	Beautiful Legs in Jersey Pallisades Park - beauty contest - girls parade over wind platform which blows skirts up. Venida Beautiful Legs Queen picked - poses.
220476	17:56:07 - 17:57:26	1945	Sd	B/W
	Beauty Parlour for Men Comedy sketch Lew Lehr at beauty parlour - talks to receptionist. Under hair curler; moustache curler; mud mask; hair done. Walks out of salon and tries to step in front of shop queue for cigarettes - gets molested. Goes back to beauty parlour with black eye and clothes in a mess asking for another beauty treatment.
220477	19:30:11 - 19:31:59	1945	Sd	B/W
	Heel And Toe Artists Pace To A Record National championship walking race - a dozen contestants. Fast walking marathon. Individuals walking . Winner at finishing line. Narrated by Lew Lehr.
220559	02:13:00 - 02:20:20	1945	Sil	B/W
	Mardi Gras, Camp New Orleans AAC, France Pet monkey chained, playing with hand mirror. American servicemen watching boxing matches. Silly floats with men in nappies. Float with Statue of Liberty various other floats in parade. Women on stage being given parcels - entertaining troops - beauty contest ? with local girls.
220298	22:11:34 - 22:12:42	1945	Sd	B/W
	Miss America 1945 & Mrs America Beauty Contest Beauty contest - girls pose in swimsuits - winner Bess Meyerson crowned. Slow pan up Miss America. 22:12:07 Mrs America parade at Pallisades - New Jersey. Girls parade in swimsuits. Pan up winner Mrs Peggy Payne.
220476	18:35:52 - 18:36:29	1945	Sd	B/W
	Queen Of Chicago Press Photogs Girls in swimsuits parade on stage. Good MCU photographers with lights flashing. Miss Photoflash 1945 poses and photographers take picture. Pinup amongst camera flashes; emerges from bulb-shaped door on stage; crowned. (Beauty contest)
220474	14:19:58 - 14:20:30	1946	Sd	B/W
	[Miss America 1946] Beauty contest - girls in swimsuit (costume) on stage. Miss 1945 passes crown to new winner. Incomplete.
220295	17:06:31 - 17:07:06	1946	Sil	B/W
	Miss Atlantic City 1946 Contest Bathing beauties walking in pairs toward camera crossing pond. Then CU of legs around garden. Seen from below through water & fish. Smiling winner to be Miss Atlantic City in Miss America Contest.
220295	17:25:06 - 17:26:02	1946	Sd	B/W
	Oo La La - French Bikinis Beauty parade round swimming pool - girls in bikinis parade in contest - winner with trophy.
220298	22:15:16 - 22:16:00	1947	Sd	B/W
	Miss Press Photographer 1947 Beauty contest - girls pose and walk round swimming pool - gag as cameraman walks closely behind one girl filming legs. Miss New York Candy Toxteth wins - with trophy.
220296	18:09:09 - 18:09:57	1947	Sd	B/W
	Sports - Perfect Physique Contest Muscle men parade and pose. Mr Canada winner with trophy.
220298	22:14:30 - 22:15:15	1949	Sil	B/W
	Beauty on Parade - Miss and Mrs America are crowned for 1949 - incomplete Beauty contest - girls parade in swimsuits - winner crowned.
220795	15:26:31 - 15:27:22	1952	Sd	B/W
	News In Brief - Greek Miss Universe Beauty Contest Electing Miss Greece 1952.
220796	16:05:00 - 16:05:28	1953	Sd	B/W
	News In Brief - Miss France Elected Contestants for Miss France beauty contest parade in swimsuits. Fat judge makes suggestive gestures. Winner.
220293	12:18:53 - 12:19:36	1954	Sil	B/W
	News In Brief - Miss Germany Beauty Contest Girls parade in swimsuits - winner crowned.
220808	13:45:07 - 13:45:53	1956	Sd	B/W
	News In Brief - Air Force Beauty Queen Contest Pin-ups in swimsuits (costumes) on makeshift catwalk at AFB - surrounded by servicemen watching and judges in AF uniform.
220290	06:27:47 - 06:28:29	1956	Sd	B/W
	News in Brief L.A. Beauty Pageant Girls up and past in bathing suits. Judges - more girls. Various shots girls pose and judges. Winner Phyllis McLean being congratulated by Bob Potter Universal talent exec.
220515	08:31:01 - 08:31:46	1956	Sd	B/W
	News in Brief - LA Beauty Contest. Girls in swimsuits parade in front of judges. Winner to publicise ÒWritten on the WindÓ. Phyllis McLean wins.
182617	20:26:24 - 20:27:28	1957	Sd	B/W
	Miss Universe USA crowned; then foreign winners in swimsuit (costume) on walk way. Peruvian 17 1/2 wins.
182617	20:29:43 - 20:30:49	1958	Sd	B/W
	Miss America '59 - Beauty Crown Won By Mississippi Miss Interior of Convention Hall & swim suit competition. Various views parading past low angle shots. Mary Anne Mogly wins. Gets crown & kiss from previous winner.
220308	11:11:53 - 11:12:09	1960	Sd	B/W
	Beauties on Parade Crowd watches floats w/ international beauty contestants; Republic of China, England. Incomplete
182756	03:29:28 - 03:30:17	1961	Sd	B/W
	News In Brief (Miss San Francisco Chinatown) Title card: San Francisco Chinese-Americans. Miss Chinatown USA of 4069. Models on stage. Audience, photographers. Posing winner from New York waving. (Beauty contest)
220293	12:57:28 - 12:58:08	1961	Sd	B/W
	News in Brief: Miss Universe Beauty contest - finalists parade in swimsuits. Winner is Miss Germany former refugee from East Berlin.
220522	18:08:54 - 18:10:14	1964	Sd	B/W
	Global Beauties - Greek Girl Reigns as Miss Universe Beauty contest / pageant. Shots of audience. Girls parade in swimsuits. Girls in evening dresses. Miss Greece crowned.
220516	09:30:46 - 09:31:43	1964	Sd	B/W
	Movie Premiere - New Comedy Draws Florida crowds Miami, drive alongside ocean, car towards camera. Beauty contestants in open topped car with sign on side 'Florida's favorite girls welcome Paula Prentiss star of Man's Favorite Sport'. Paula Prentiss in open topped car. Beauty contestants driven in funfair style train. Gyrating floodlight in fountain. Beach cinema with billboard for Man's Favorite Sport. Paula Prentiss enters cinema amidst fans and journalists at premiere of film.
220294	14:35:09 - 14:36:32	1965	Sd	B/W
	Miss World Contest in London Beauty contestants under hairdryers. Contestants parade in bathing suits. Lesley Langley Miss UK wins and is crowned.
220524	20:22:49 - 20:24:08	1966	Sd	B/W
	Miss USA - California Beauty Wins the Title Audience shots. Girls parade in costumes representing their states. Girls in bathing suits. Guest of honour Miss Universe from Thailand. Miss California wins - first brunette in five years. - crowning.
220294	15:07:27 - 15:08:15	1967	Sd	B/W
	News in Brief - New York City - Miss Go-go America Contest Girls dressed in tassles and bikinis do go-go dance. Winner Miss Nicky Pickard ? of Pittsburgh.

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