Didnt Ian himself post that Sgt Major aadvert some while back? Captains probably did sound more like that in those days, rather than the more typical "I'm about to doze off I'm so relaxed" tones of voice they have these days
1969 was three years before I joined BOAC but I still had to wear the little white jacket and dicky bow. It is a VC10 - the 707 didn't have covers on the hatracks.
Funnily enough, I'm intending to use this ad in a presentation to our Customer Services Director next week. I want to use it to illustrate 'Service Style' which is something that BA later developed very effectively. This ad was way ahead of its time in that it encapsulates BOAC's core values and showed people exactly what to expect when flying with them. And all in less than 60 seconds.
I think I'll have an uphill struggle transferring it to First Great Western, though
AAAAArgh! Nice Mr Tonks. In the unlikely event that you should ever find it surplus to requirement....
Money's no object - I'll sell the cats for vivisection, send cyberbrat up the chimneys - whatever it takes! But as that's unlikely, perhaps you've got a bigger scan that you could let me have? I'll send a PM in optimistic hope
BOAC did introduce minidresses as we've seen in that other YouTube video. As a younger man, my whole life used to revolve around trying to discover what lay beyond that hemline. (With a moderate amount of success, I might add )
Don't recognise those particular legs. They're definitely not mine.
I'll start saving now Nigel :shock: 
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