• Short Summary

    Simone Simon visits London, and girls take part in beauty contest and exercise routines.

  • Description

    Item title reads - Front page women.

    M/S of actress Simone Simon looking out at the Houses of Parliament, she turns around and smiles. M/S as she looks in the window of a shop at shoes and handbags, she smiles and walks away. M/S as she buys a flower from a seller on the street.

    M/S of girls from Nottingham and Wolverhampton sat on a table showing off their legs for a beauty contest. M/S of the girls from Nottingham who are the winners.

    Various shots as 1500 women from Britain's League of Health and Beauty exercise in formation at Wembley's Empire pool. C/U of Lady Hamilton, formerly Prunella Stack, watching them. Various shots as they demonstrate callisthenics, people watch as they do various exercises to tone their legs.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1400.17
    Media URN:
    45579
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    06/06/1946
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:43:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:24:26:00 / 01:26:09:00
    Canister:
    46/45

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    Note that the sound for this clip is nothing but a high-pitched beep.

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