Air School 1950

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Heston, Middlesex.

Various good shots show air stewardesses in training at the BOAC Air School. The instructors use the body of an aeroplane to teach the girls in the appropriate surroundings.

Trainee air hostesses look inside the aeroplane kitchen to see a girls learning how to arrange...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34434
Sort Number:
NP 292
Time in/Out:
01:09:14:00 / 01:10:53:00
Canister:
NP 292
Film ID:
1277.07
Issue Date:
17/04/1950

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