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Summary

Elizabeth Rose of Smethwick winning 'The Sunday Mercury Girl' contest at the West End Ballroom in Birmingham.

Year:

1952

Duration:

0:02:13

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Genre:

Newsreel

Company:

Gaumont

Master format:

35mm

Description

We see Elizabeth Rose winning a beauty contest. The judges include the actor James Hayter and the singer Petula Clark.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Print presented by J. Linz, manager of the Gaumont Theatre, Smethwick, on behalf of Gaumont British News to her worship the Mayor of Smethwick, Alderman Mrs A.E. Lennard, 14 January 1953.