(Above: NFSA VHS release only) (Above: NFSA DVD only)

Columbia proudly presents - animated logo

"SMITHY" copyright MCMXLVI by Columbia Pictures Pty. Ltd. The Immortal Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

With Ron Randell

Muriel Steinbeck as Mary Powell

Charles Ulm played by John Tate Kay Sutton Joy Nichols Nan Kingsford Smith Nan Taylor Harold Kingsford Smith John Dunne Capt. Allan Hancock Alec Kellaway Sir Hubert Wilkins John Dease Arthur Powell Marshall Crosby

Beau Sheil Edward Smith Tommy Pethybridge Alan Herbert Keith Anderson John Fleeting Stringer Joe Valli Warner G. J. Montgomery-Jackson Lyon Gundy Hill

In Person: The Rt. Hon. William Morris Hughes Capt. P. G. Taylor • John Stannage

Screen Play by John Chandler and Alec Coppel

(Chandler was the pseudonym used by producer director Ken Hall)

Based on an adaptation by Ken G. Hall and Max Afford

Director of Photography George Heath Second Cameraman H. L. Nicholas Art Director J. Alan Kenyon Asst. Art Director George Hurst Assistant Director William Shepherd Film Editor Terry Banks Sound Engineers Clive Cross and Arthur Smith Special Effects Jack Gardiner Interior Decoration Joyce Brown

Music and Musical Direction by Henry Krips

Pacific Score by Alfred Hill Recorded by The Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Research Norman Ellison Gowns Designed by Mavis Ripper Gowns Made by David Jones Ltd. Uniforms by Wardrop, Melbourne

R.A.A.F. Liaison Officers: Wing Commander John Kingsford Smith Squadron Leader G. R. Chaseling

Produced by N. P. Pery

Directed by Ken G. Hall

Title:

Grateful acknowledgment is tendered to the Royal Australian Air Force and the Department of Civil Aviation for their generous help and co-operation.

Title:

South West Pacific 1943