Bikini Competition (1961)

Clacton, Essex. At Butlin s Holiday Camp we see several girls taking tea towels, dusters and handkerchiefs from a washing line. They run over to some tables and start to make the oddments into bikinis as part of a competition, helped by friends and boyfriends; a large crowd watches. Several shots of the bikinis taking shape; the girls take their creations behind a screen then reappear in them they look pretty good The girls line up to be judged for the best bikini maker as the crowd watches; a blond bequiffed boy in yellow trunks looks on. A petite brunette in a red bikini is presented with a small silver cup (an Acup ). Note: for search purposes: Butlins. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more