Smithy (1946 film)

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Smithy
Directed by	Ken G. Hall
Produced by	N. P. Perry
Written by	John Dhandler and Alec Coppel
Starring	Ron Randell John Tate Muriel Steinbeck Joy Nichols Charles 'Bud' Tingwell John Dease P. G. Taylor Alec Kellaway
Music by	Henry Krips
Cinematography	George Heath
Release date(s)	1946
Running time	119 min.
Country	Australia
Language	English
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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.