Smithy (1946 film)

Smithy (1946 film)

Infobox Film
name = Smithy


image_size =
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director = Ken G. Hall
producer = N. P. Perry
writer = John Dhandler
and Alec Coppel
narrator =
starring = Ron Randell
John Tate
Muriel Steinbeck
Joy Nichols
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
John Dease
P. G. Taylor
Alec Kellaway
music = Henry Krips
cinematography = George Heath
editing =
distributor =
released = 1946
runtime = 119 min.
country = AUS
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0038954

"Smithy" is a 1946 film about pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his legendary flight across the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco, California, United States to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia during 1928. This was the first-ever trans-Pacific flight. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was the pilot of the Fokker F.VII/3m three-engine monoplane "Southern Cross", with Australian aviator Charles Ulm as the relief pilot. The other two crew members were Americans James Warner and Harry Lyon.

The film "Smithy" was known as "Pacific Adventure" in the United States and as "Southern Cross" in the United Kingdom. The cast list for the movie included: Ron Randell as "Charles Kingsford Smith" and John Tate as the relief pilot "Charles Ulm". Charles 'Bud' Tingwell was also a member of the cast as a control tower officer. The director the film was Ken G. Hall. The aircraft used for the filming was the genuine "Southern Cross".

References

* "The Australian Film and Television Companion" — compiled by Tony Harrison — Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994

External links

*imdb title|id=0038954|title=Smithy
* [http://www.airborne.org/flying/smithy2.htm 'Smithy' photographs] - Airborne Connections
* [http://www.rarefilmposters.com/product189350107.html?category=2080107 'Smithy' poster]
* [http://www.screensound.gov.au/screensound/screenso.nsf/allDocs/RWP6B6F10B0FC63D1F1CA256CE70078D7F7?OpenDocument about the 'Smithy' movie] - National Film and Sound Archive
* [http://www.screensound.gov.au/shop.nsf/e8ff7c95ee30fed24a2567bd002324d7/f7db75a23dc1f1bf4a2566b50009604c?OpenDocument&Highligh=0,Smithy 'Smithy' movie] - National Film and Sound Archive
* [http://www.gould.com.au/default.asp?pageid=ProductCatalog&template=PRODUCTCATALOG&prodid=2430 'Smithy' movie] - Gould Genealogy
* [http://www.atmitchell.com/journeys/history/aviation/smithy.cfm Smithy and the Southern Cross - State Library of NSW]


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