The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
Models dancing to Rock 'n roll music during the Carnaby Street Fashions fashion show in London, United Kingdom. Models perform on a ramp during the show. Mod fashion on display. A male model shows off fur coat. Audience seated around the ramp watch the show. A woman wearing tinted square, rectangle “granny glasses”. The models wearing miniskirts perform on the ramp. Male model playfully takes off a female model’s shirt to reveal bikini bandeau top. Models run out of the ramp.
A stylist grooms a woman, wearing fashionable go-go boots and polka-dotted micro mini dress. An British women's rights and feminist organization, marching on the street holding signs and placards with messages like “Equal Pay NOW!” and “Free Contraception” during the first women's liberation march. The crowned Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, smiles. Women wrestlers. A female wrestler throws her opponent, a black woman, on the wrestling ring floor. A mass wedding inside a stadium in Japan. Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, smiles with Miss World 1966 runner-up contestants (Miss Brazil- Marlucci Rocha, Miss Greece- Efi Fontini Plumbi, Miss Yugoslavia- Nikica Marinovic, Miss Italy-Gigliola Carbonara). Two policewomen, patrolling the street together, salute at the camera. Opening sequence of “Echo Newsreel” featuring a scene of various topics, such as the Big Ben Tower.
People gather to mourne victims, including 116 children, killed when Half a million tons of coal mining waste (a "tip") collapsed and crashed down a hillside onto Pantglas Junior School, burying both the school and 20 nearby houses in the village of Aberfan, Wales, UK, on October 21, 1966. View of the village, as three British sailors walk downhill on the sidewalk, past mourners walking uphill, on October 27th, to participate in a mass funeral for children who perished. A line of caskets is seen surrounded by flowers. Mourners gather on the side of the hill for the funeral service. Mourners place tributes on a huge cross of flowers laid out on the hillside
Female panda Chi-chi is seen at the London Zoo. London Zoo Curator Dr. Desmond Morris and head keeper Sam Morton talking. Female panda is leaving Britain for Moscow to meet a male giant panda named An-An. Views of panda in zoo.
Annual Lord Mayor's show in London, Britain. River Thames, bridge over river and city besides the river. A tower in the city near the river. Boat on river shore. Tomes of castle. Boats in the river. City of London. Buildings and subway in the city. People in annual Lord Mayor's show. Performers on the road, one performer blows fire form mouth during parade. Sir Robert Bellinger reviews the gala parade and rides in his Ornate Lord Mayor's Coach. Guards walk past coach.