Namaste: A Day in the Life of an Air India Hostess (1962) | British Pathé
They say the sari is the loveliest dress ever invented.
And here, saris have become official uniforms.
Here's a girl preparing to do an important, and some would say an exciting, job.
This is the latest design adopted by Air India for their stewardesses that fly around the world.
Jet travel has brought East and West close together,
and now the Harris passenger crossing the Atlantic has the beauty of the Orient at his elbow,
giving him the comforts the air travellers expect.
All the airlines pick beautiful women to be their stewardesses,
but then they dress them up in tunics and sober skirts.
Now feminine frills and gossamer glamour have taken to the air,
bringing a touch of colour to the tarmac at London Airport
when these shimmering shepherdesses bring their charges to the airport bus.
And if you get the namaste greeting, the traditional Hindu way of saying happy landings,
you'll be one of those contented people who know that they haven't missed the bus.
Our girls in their fetching Oriental uniforms drive off with a coachload of passengers.
Eyes left.