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  1. Chinese Girls to Be BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] Stewardesses

    Date released
    19 Jan 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2597
    NoS ID
    046330
    Story no
    8 / 9

    Recruited for service on Far Eastern routes, Chinese air hostesses come to England to be appointed.

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  2. Princess Names New Airliner

    Date released
    27 Jan 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1660
    NoS ID
    040408
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Princess Elizabeth christens flagship of BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] fleet at Heathrow.

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  3. BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] Girl Picked as "Miss London Airport"

    Date released
    17 Sep 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2666
    NoS ID
    046858
    Story no
    6 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    English air hostess beats all foreign competition in novel beauty contest.

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  4. News in Flashes

    Date released
    13 May 1954
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2421
    NoS ID
    044985
    Story no
    4 / 7

    Five Lord Mayors (four with Lady Mayoresses) are guests of BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] on inaugural Manchester - New York flight.

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  5. News in Flashes

    Date released
    25 Oct 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2677
    NoS ID
    046937
    Story no
    3 / 8

    Lord Rennell takes delivery of Douglas airliner for BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation].

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  6. BOAC Automatic Landing

    Date released
    23 May 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/42
    NoS ID
    113106
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A giant BOAC VC-10 smoothly flies into a perfect touchdown at Heathrow while the pilot and the co-pilot sit back and watch the controls being expertly manipulated by a highly sophisticated computer. It’s...

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  7. BOAC Take First Two Britannias

    Date released
    5 Jan 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2593
    NoS ID
    046290
    Story no
    1 / 11

    Sir Miles Thomas receives first two Britannias of fifteen ordered by BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation].

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  8. Autoland

    Date released
    23 May 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2033A
    NoS ID
    027393
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Autoland Automatic Landing Device. DESCRIPTION: A major advance in flight schedules and safety for BOAC. Unknown to the passengers of a VC10, they’ve just landed at London Airport on...

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  9. Colour: Jumbo Jet

    Date released
    29 Apr 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2186A
    NoS ID
    028820
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jumbo Jet. DESCRIPTION: The new dynamic era of modern air travel - Boeing 747 goes to work for BOAC over the Atlantic to New York. The giant jet liner was dogged by industrial troubles...

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  10. In Colour: BOAC Inaugurates a New Service to Japan - Via Greenland, the North West Passage and Alaska

    Date released
    8 May 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2083A
    NoS ID
    027848
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In Colour:- Boac New Service to Japan. SHOTLIST: GV pan BOAC 707 taking off. MS engines. Air to air plane in flight. MS woman being served with a meal. GV passengers served with food....

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