Oriental Air Hostesses

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
063
Date Released
12 Mar 1956
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: At BOAC’s school for air hostesses at Heston, Chinese and Japanese girls are trained for their work as assistant stewardesses on Far East routes - and introduced to the new split skirt uniform of the Chinese stewardesses, an idea taken from the Chinese day skirt style called the "cheong sam", split up the side because otherwise the skirts are too tight to move around in.
Keywords
Education and training; Aviation; Fashion and costume
Locations
London; Hounslow; England; Heston
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Donald Gray
Length of story (in feet)
184
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Oriental Air Hostesses', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 063, 12 Mar 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120167 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)