A Fox-Movietone newsreel (vol. 3, ep. 19) from 1932 documenting the arrival of Charles Scott, the first person to fly from England to Australia in under nine days - as the title suggests. He lands in Sydney and is greeted by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and welcoming crowd. Similar events in Brisbane are also shown.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311210
Language
English
Subject categories
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Flight - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transpacific flights - History
People → Kingsford Smith, Charles, 1897-1935
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)