Beauty Queen Contest Aka Bathing Beauties (1955)

Morecambe, Lancashire. GV. Girls in bathing costumes parading around the Morecambe pool for the Miss Great Britain 1955 beauty contest. CU. Girls walking past camera around pool, & BV. SV. People watching. LV. Girls all lined up ready for judging. SV. Some of the judges - Charles Eade, editor of the Sunday Dispatch, Al Martino, pan to singer Petula Clark. LV. Contestant No 5, Maureen O’Neil from Palmer’s Green, parading before the judges. SCU. Contestant No 43 (she eventually becomes the winner) Jennifer Chimes from Leamington Spa, parading before judges. SV. Charles Eade and Al Martino judging. SV. Contestant No 11, Aileen Kearney from Stockport, parading. Press photographer with his camera falls back into water. CU. Press photographer climbing out of pool and walks away soaking wet watched by Aileen Kearney. SV. Crowd applauding. SV. Elizabeth Lewis from Birmingham, No 9, parading before judges. SV. Al Read and Ursula Bloom, pan to Donald Gray, judging. GV. The last eleven finalists lined up in front of