| ORIENTAL AIR HOSTESSES Chinese and Japanese trainee air hostesses are instructed at the BOAC School in Heston. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6006 | |
| Catalog #: | 12485 | |
| Clip Number: | 12485-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 63 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:28 - 01:45:30 | |
| Location: | Heston, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural FASHION: Uniforms LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Flight Attendant OCCUPATIONS: Training OCCUPATIONS: Women TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Passenger | |
| Description: | ORIENTAL AIR HOSTESSES Chinese and Japanese trainee air hostesses are instructed at the BOAC School in Heston. Asian women train as flight attendants ("Air Hostesses") at the BOAC Training School in Heston, London. The Chinese & Japanese trainees will work on BOAC routes in the Far East (Hong Kong to Tokyo / Hong Kong to Calcutta). MS Miss Cynthia Arpthorpe (Caucasian) fitting out Chinese girl in uniform. CU Chinese girl having hat fitted. MS Japanese and Chinese girl together. (Japanese are wearing traditional kimonos, while the Chinese women wear more modern silk dresses with slit skirts, high heels.) CU Miss Mily Ning and Miss Rosa Wou. MS Same two pan down their dresses. We pan over to first girl. MS Pan down Japanese girl with book showing her dress. CS. Pan down girl's shoes showing difference in footwear. CU Girl's shoes. MS Instructress inspecting girls as they walk past. CS. Japanese girl handing uniform of Chinese girl pan down to show split skirt. Pan across to instructress handing a uniform coat. Now the new trainees are served a meal as if they were passengers (and since most of them are not in uniform these shots could be used to represent airplane passengers). MS Interior of mock airplane; stewards (British Caucasian men) preparing food at the tiny kitchen area; one man hands tray to other. MS Interior of airplane; the trainees being served with meal, first little fruit cups or drinks.. CS Chinese woman accepting something from tray of small items. CS. Japanese and Chinese women eating at table (being served by Mr. Lawrence Chief Steward who is taking food from cart) MS Girls in airplane. MS Girls being served with food. Stewardess serves girls food and drinks. CS. Miss Kazue Tokorota instructing Mr. Lawrence how to use chopsticks. CU Miss Kazue Tokorota eating with chopsticks. By the way, they get to eat off real china. | |
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