Sir Ross Smith: Home

With 27 aeroviews by Captain Frank Hurley. New South Wales Edition.

Complete copy of this publication is available via the Internet Archive.

National geographic magazine, vol. XXXIX, no. 3, March 1921, pages 229-339

Chronicle, 12 January 1918, p. 39, col. b

Chronicle, 3 August 1918, p. 38, col. b

Mail, 15 April 1922, p. 1, col. f-g

Chronicle, 26 May 1917, p. 37, col. c-d

SA life, Volume 10, Number 2 (February 2013), p. 108-109

Thebarton and West Torrens sketchbook, p. 46-47

Australian biographical dictionary, p. 322

Dictionary of Australian biography, vol. 2, p. 337

Observer, 27 March 1920, pp. 24-25

Observer, 20 December 1919, p. 27

Observer, 17 June 1922, p. 23-24

Observer, 24 June 1922, p. 24-25

Mail, 17 June 1922, p. 7, col. b-f

Story of Australia : past and present: in pen and picture, vol. 6, p. 317

Fifty years of progress in Australia, 1878-1928, p. 248

Australian encyclopaedia, vol. 7, p. 2728, col. a

Includes curator's notes and two clips from the film

Short film about the prize-winning England-Australia flight completed by Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith with their mechanics Walter Shiers and James Bennett. Shows the Vickers Vimy aircraft commencing the flight from Hounslow, England and arrival at Darwin, Australia. Also includes footage of the crew receiving the prize cheque from Australian Prime Minister, William Hughes.

Footage of the funeral procession of Sir Ross Smith in Adelaide, South Australia, 24 June 1922.

Footage of Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith inspecting the Vickers Viking aircraft in which they planned to attempt an around the world flight. James Bennett is also present. Sir Ross and Bennett were later killed in a test flight of this plane.

Movietone News piece about the unveiling of the memorial to the Vickers Vimy crew at Adelaide Airport. Features footage of the first England-Australia flight.

Film showing the wreckage of the aircraft in which Sir Ross Smith and James Bennett were killed. Also features footage of guests arriving at and leaving Sir Ross' memorial service in London. Following is footage of the Smith brothers examining the plane in which the around the world flight was to be attempted.

Footage of the inspection and testing of Vickers Viking aircraft in which Sir Ross Smith and James Bennett were killed. Also includes footage of the wreckage of the plane after the fatal crash.

Footage of Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith at Vickers' Weybridge plant at which the Vimy aircraft in which the brothers completed their successful England-Australia flight was built.

Segments are as follows: Fragment of footage showing the River Torrens and a memorial to aviator Sir Ross Smith in Adelaide. Shots, which may or may not be related, of a building at a rail yard, a map of Australia and a dray unloading soil. Shot from about 1928 of a yacht at anchor in a bay at dusk. Then the final moments of the Gippsland 140 Mile Cycle Race, which is won by A. Oram. Lastly, a silent Intermission title.

Sheet music for a sing written and composed by E. Ronchetti-Allin and Jack Fewster.

Menu for a dinner dedicated to Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, Grand Central Hotel, 30th March, 1920.

Newsreel footage of the death of aviator Sir Ross Smith, showing his plane in flight before the tragedy, and his brother Sir Keith Smith and others at the crash site, and dignitaries at the memorial service at St Clements Dane on 20th April 1922. Also features the building of the plane, and the monument to the famous flight to Australia.

A documentary record of the flight by Ross and Keith Smith from London to Australia in 1919.

Board game which commemorates the 1919 air race from England to Australia won by Ross and Keith Smith.

Published by the South Australian Tourism Commission.

Programme for concert held on 23rd March 1920. Tendered by members and friends of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.