Stewardettes (1962)

On board the S.S. Transvaal Castle, a luxury cruiser sailing between Southampton and Cape Town. Top shot of foredeck. M/S two young women in swimsuits look over balcony onto swimming pool. M/S of three young women on deck. M/S of several women in the pool. M/S of three women in bikinis sunbathing - they are not passengers but ’stewardettes’. M/S of two men in white uniforms addressing a group of women in pink uniforms - “meet the world’s first stewardettes - girls who have been recruited to work principally in the dining salon“. C/U of three stewardettes laughing. C/U of the men - hotel managers - speaking to the girls. C/U of three stewardettes. M/S of a posh couple sitting at a dining table, a waiter offers them a menu and a stewardette enters to take their order. M/S of the ship restaurant, in the foreground a stewardette is serving food from a trolley, panning shot follows her as she takes food to another posh couple. M/S of the restaurant, a stewardette is carrying plates of food. C