Motel Automat

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
689
Date Released
7 Mar 1968
Date recorded
8 Feb 1968
Length of issue (in feet)
694
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Latest aid to easy-living in the hotel trade is "Quickmaid" a room-service automat that dispenses with the services of the ever-present waiter and does the dispensing itself: anything from scotch-on-the-rocks, peanuts, toothpaste or a bedtime story.
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
233
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Motel Automat', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 689, 7 Mar 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121973 (Accessed 18 Jul 2025)