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Alternative title: Southern Cross; Pacific Adventure
Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 Smithy
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'Biography of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, pioneer aviator who made the first East/West crossing of the Pacific in 1928 in his plane "The Southern Cross".'

Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/51669). (Sighted: 9/9/2013)

Notes

  • The head of Columbia Pictures, Harry Cohn, removed N.P. Pery's producer credit and all references to the film being made in Australia before its American release.
  • The film's 'story' is said to have been co-written by Ken G. Hall and Max Afford.

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