ATV Today: 11.12.1972: Smallest Woman in the World

Summary

Report about Joyce Carpenter from Bromsgrove who at 29 inches tall is thought to be the shortest woman in the world.

Year:

1972

Duration:

0:08:00

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see Joyce Carpenter leaving the home she shares with her mother, getting into a specially converted Mini and driving into Bromsgrove to collect her mother's pension. We also see her walking along the pavement, standing next to a letter box (a child helps her to post a letter), and at home washing up standing on a step, hoovering and cleaning. The audio for the report is Joyce describing her life, how she's 'got to make the best of it', people's attitudes to her height and her hopes for a relationship.


Credits

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Notes

According to Wikipedia Joyce Carpenter is the shortest recorded UK adult. She died on 7 August 1973 (a date confirmed by The Times). She was featured in an ATV network documentary broadcast on 6 December 1971 called Born to be Small made by Lord Snowdon and Derek Hart.