The Committee sponsors Kathryn Ish for Miss Universe
About This Item
KRON-TV news footage from April 1 1965 with reporter Art Brown featuring an interview with actress Kathryn Ish (1936-2007) Brown introduces Ish by stating: "This is the latest entry in the Miss Universe Pageant. She is a member of and sponsored by The Committee." In response to Brown's question: "Why do you want to be Miss Universe?" Ish says: "I feel I can lead the whole world towards peace ... I feel that I can fill the beauty gap that exists in the world today and take the title away from all those foreign girls who've held it in the past." She goes onto emphasize her belief that everyone in the universe wants peace, claims she's a "good girl" and also likes to cook: "Cookies ... fudge and I'm a whizz at hamburger meat loaf!" This interview took place on April Fools' Day and the original title assigned in KRON's newsfilm shot-log was "Miss Ish."
Note: this negative film was re-transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in April 2020.
- Date
- 4/1/1965
- Format
- 16mm b&w negative print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- mp4 file
- Genre
- local newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- Young Broadcasting of San Francisco, Inc.
- Duration
- 1:51
- Identifier
- KRON 1319-7
- Views
- 2210