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Smithy (1946)

Smithy is a 1946 Australian film about pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his 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. 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.

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Director: Ken G. Hall
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Release date: January 1, 1946
Running time: 119 minutes (Australia)
99 mins (US)
Budget: ₤53,000 or £73,000
Gross: over ₤50,000 (Australia)

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