Smithy is a 1946 Australian adventure film about pioneering Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith directed by Ken G. Hall starring Ron Randell. It was Hall's last feature film as a director.
Theatrical release poster
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand.
Kingsford Smith in 1932
Kingsford Smith and his second wife Mary in Wellington, New Zealand
Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in RAAF uniform
Kingsford Smith c. 1920