Known to millions of Australians simply as Smithy, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of Australia's true twentieth-century legends. Kingsford Smith was the first person to fly across the Pacific, he broke the record for the fastest flight from England to Australia, and at one point he held more long-distance flying records than anyone else on the planet. Charles Kingsford Smith was also one of Australia's war heroes, receiving the Military Cross for gallantry in action after being injured during World War I. This DVD presentation is a superb collection of archive footage of Kingsford Smith's greatest achievements and makes an ideal companion to the best selling book by acclaimed author and journalist, Peter Fitzsimons.