Flying Stewardess

Box 42^20,542^American Airlines^Barcode: 10319^9.5 minutes, Kodak Positive^^Narrated by Lowell Thomas, Produced by Truman Talley^^A recruiting film for stewardesses, an unintentionally sexist look into how American Airlines kept each of its planes staffed with flight attendants.^^--stewardess class, learning radio, how to serve food 3 out of 4 passengers want to eat^--1940, stewardesses had to address each passenger by name as they boarded plane^--hand out newspapers^--aerial shots of New York, NY ^--21 passenger capacity^--aerial shots of Niagra Falls (part of job is to point out sights)^--fix bottle for baby (all stewardesses had to be nurses/RNs)^--shot of Chicago Municipal airport^--Sleeper plane from Chicago to Fort Worth (Pullman sleepers)^--makes up berths^--stewardess tucks in passenger (woman)^--Meals served at tables on Sleeper flight; also dressing room^^Amazing facts: Stewardesses are required to maintain their figure. They must be attractive. All eventually get married (usually, after 3 years of service), but not to pilots, 87% of whom are already married. There are 170 stewardesses, with 30 more training in school at all times.^^--aerial shots of Los Angeles.^--transcontinental flight took 3 stops: Chicago, Fort Worth, LA from NYC.^3:32 Denver Museum of Natural History -- makes plaster casts^ of plants, paints them, then puts them in dioramas. Also^ used ast research tool.^5:00 Profiled: George Burton's Love Birds--basically a circus ��^ act with parakeets. They walk tightropes, the juggle, ^ they tumble.^8:49 Burton's Birds. They're tops.