Hostess with the Mostest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1828A
Date Released
18 Jun 1964
Date submitted
5 Jun 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hostess With the Mostest. DESCRIPTION: Queensland held the International Air Hostess Week, in which girls from fifteen airlines had entered. Reeta Roy representing Air India won the title. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan cars with air hostesses drive along street. MS pan same. MLS hostesses feed kangaroos. MCU same. CU same with koala bears. CU same. LAS Miss Reeta Roy (Air India). MS audience. LAS Miss Janet Pegg (North West Orient Airline USA). CU audience. LAS Miss Betty Wee Kim Neo (Malaysian Airways). MS audience. LAS Miss Betty MacDonald (New Zealand). MLS man announces winner. LAS same puts sash on winner Reeta Roy. MS audience applaud. LAS man presents Reeta with trophy. LAS runners up Janet Pegg and Betty MacDonald.
Keywords
Women; Competitions
Locations
Australia; Queensland; Surfers’ Paradise
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
88466
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Hostess with the Mostest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1828A, 18 Jun 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25579 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)