BA100: 90. “Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major”

100 Years Of British Airways: BOAC’s “Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major” advert from 1969.

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BOAC "Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major" advert 1969.
BOAC “Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major” advert 1969.

This article was published in 2019 in a series on the history of British Airways and its predecessors Imperial Airways, BOAC and BEA. You can browse all 100 stories in number order, by theme or by decade.

Many have been updated since first published.

A relatively rare TV advert for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) from 1969:

A BOAC Chief Steward in a white tuxedo jacket patrols the aisle of a Vickers VC10 aircraft, piloted by Captain Norman Bristow, to a rendition of “Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major”.

“Anything I can get you Captain?”

“Oh, a spot of coffee might go down very well.”

“I’ll crack the whip in the galley sir.”

“Jolly good.”

Well there we are.

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