"Dusky belles compete! - darktown strutters vie for harlem beauty crown."

Clip: 339328_1_1

Year Shot: 1930 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1501

Original Film: 002-057-06

HD: N/A

Location: NEW YORK, N.Y.

Timecode: 00:21:45 - 00:22:27

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Some jumpiness to the film making it distorted Title card: "Dusky belles compete! - darktown strutters vie for harlem beauty crown." Beauty contest with African-American women in bathing suits. The women first walk before the crowd at swimming pool. Pan to show the contestants. One contestant has her waist measured by African-American man. Moronic blackface performers joke with contestants. The winner is a buxom beauty . Shot of what appears to be the winners. Final shot: an exploitative tilt from toes to head of winner.