Monroe footage fetches £8,000 at auction

Amateur film footage showing Marilyn Monroe at work on 1959 movie Some Like It Hot has fetched £8,000 at auction in Australia.

The two-and-a-half minute film was taken by a US naval officer who Monroe invited to the set, reports the BBC.

Charles Leski of Leski Auctions said: "Monroe memorabilia is always in demand, but rarely do we get one-off material like this.

"It is also extremely rare for such important archival footage to be auctioned outside of the US before its domestic release, and for that we are extremely proud."

The 8mm colour film, which also features Monroe's co-star Tony Curtis and director Billy Wilder, was passed on to the officer's daughter, who now lives in Melbourne. It was bought by an unnamed private collector.

A separate film showing Monroe engaging in a sex act with an unidentified man sold in the US for $1.5 million dollars (£813,000) earlier this year.