- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clips of women competing in the 1971 Miss Tall Atlanta pageant at the Air Host Inn in Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 May 8
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Lawrence, Carolyn (Journalist)
- Date of Original:
- 1971-05-08
- Subject:
- Tall women
Beauty contests - People:
- Dimmick, Diane
Bissinger, Pamela
Emory, Marilyn
Puckett, Linda (Of Atlanta, Ga.)
Lawrence, Carolyn (Journalist) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from May 8, 1971, Atlanta, Georgia, women compete in the 1971 Miss Tall Atlanta Pageant at the Air Host Inn.
In the first clip, an unidentified white woman walks down a runway in a white bathing suit and white shoes, while music plays and an announcer shares information about her background. In the next clip, a group of unidentified white men and women are seen observing the woman. In the next clip, contestant Diane Dimmick walks down the runway in a bathing suit. In the next clip, a group of unidentified white people, including a blonde woman who is probably the then-current Miss Tall Universe, Pamela Bissinger, is seen observing Dimmick, who walks back up the runway escorted by an unidentified white man. The other women might include 1970 Miss Tall Atlanta Kathy Walker, but this cannot be determined. A contestant named Marilyn Emory is mentioned at the end of the clip, but her appearance on the runway is not shown. In the next clips, contestant Linda Puckett is escorted onto the runway by an unidentified white man. As Puckett walks down the runway in a brown bathing suit, the announcer, an unidentified white man, is shown sharing information about her background. In the next clip, a group of unidentified white men and women, including Bissinger, is once more shown observing the pageant. In the next clip, a fourth unidentified white woman contestant walks down the runway in a blue bathing suit. In the next clip, a group of unidentified white women, probably contestants, is shown standing together in formal dress, talking and laughing with Bissinger. In the next clip, an unidentified white woman styles an unidentified white contestant's hair. In the next clip, an unidentified white woman, probably another contestant, walks past this contestant and her hairstylist. The final clip shows reporter Carolyn Lawrence standing in front of two unidentified white contestants, both of whom are much taller than her, as she says, "Reporting from the 1971 Miss Tall Atlanta contest, this is short Carolyn Lawrence, WSB News."
Reporter: Lawrence, Carolyn (Journalist)
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: The Atlanta Constitution, 6 May 1971. Web. 30 November 2020. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn63258
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn63258
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn63258
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn63258/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn63258, WSB-TV newsfilm clips of women competing in the 1971 Miss Tall Atlanta pageant at the Air Host Inn in Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 May 8, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1739, 42:17/43:37, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 20 secs.): color, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
