Pilot Charles Kingford Smith and crew fly home in crippled plane (1935)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Charles Kingsford Smith (Australian aviator) safely lands plane after crew carries out mid-air repairs on damaged plane Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Epic of the Air: Kingsford Smith’s Battle with Death Over Tasman AUSTRALIA: EXT SMITH, Kingsford Returns (just after-setting out) to Australia with crippled ’Plane engine. Wireless operator and mechanic. Stannage & Taylor Personalities - Aviation mail plane, Southern Cross, oil, propeller, radio operator, Bill Taylor, flight, flying, land, landing, aeroplane, Smithy, Fokker trimotor monoplane Background: Charles Kingsford Smith (Australian aviator) safely lands plane after crew carries out mid-air repairs on damaged plane FILM ID: VLVAESLIYT44TSQYXCNIVTNTD6N8Z To license this film, visit