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BOAC in Japan

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BOAC in Japan

Postby Mulboyne » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:45 pm

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1960's BOAC flight to Tokyo. The airline started to use two Japanese nationals on the flight and required that one be in kimono at all times. They would work 4 hour shifts in turn. Getting the obi on in the confines of the plane was a challenge. Below is a BOAC ad from 1963 which is a cultural anthropologist's wet dream. The text says:

Can't pronounce her full name? Try "Suki".
Suki's more than beautiful. She speaks Japanese and
English fluently. Understands modern jazz and customs
forms. Can serve you saki and sushi like a geisha,
your teriyaki steak with ancestral grace, and say thank
you so nicely you'll know she means it. She does.


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Searching for some background on the first photo, I came across an interesting account of a 1966 crash of a BOAC Boeing 707 near Mt. Fuji which killed all 124 passengers. Less than 24 hours before, 64 people had died when a Canadian airlines flight crashed on landing at Haneda. The Wiki entry for BOAC 911 adds the following detail:

"Several passengers decided to cancel their tickets at the last moment in order to see a ninja demonstration. These passengers, Cubby Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adams, Lewis Gilbert and Freddie Young, were in Japan scouting locations for the fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice."
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Postby emperor » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:24 pm

That's twisted irony
Mulboyne wrote:"...You Only Live Twice."


707 upsidedown or LOL
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Postby gkanai » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:20 pm

Mulboyne- you are awesome! I have a friend who will love this stuff. He's got a BOAC-themed blog.
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Postby Mulboyne » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:53 pm

gkanai wrote:I have a friend who will love this stuff. He's got a BOAC-themed blog.

He might like this one too if he hasn't seen it already:

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