ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3586, 23 September 1920, Page 4

ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

AEROPLANE FLIGHT,

SIR KEITH SMITH AS LECTURER

To-night at 7.30 at the King’s perhaps one of the most marvellous films ever taken wilf be presented in conjunction with Sir Keith Smith’s lecture on “The Ross Smith Flight.” . The most fascinating story of*. the age, told in simple, graceful style by one of the brii.iant Australian fliers, with moving pictures’ unsurpassed in the realms of cinema art Science has come no the aid of the lecturer in a way' little dreamt of a decade or so ago. Without the vivid realism of the pictures, Sir Keith Smith’s personal narrative would always interest; aided by nhe pictures he presents an entertainment, that this generation' is indeed fortunate to witness It is the story of . the flight from England to Australia, 11,340 miles, in 28 days. The whole of this marvellous tour is reproduced within the. space of two hours; and, in fancy, the audience flies with Sir Keith Smith and his gaKant comrades all through that; hazardous enterprise—now over Rome; down the coast of Greece; over the Pyramids; the Holy City; through Persia; India; the Malay Peninsula, to his .first landing port in Australia.

The entertainment is crammed so full of novel sidelights on countries over which the airmen passed, and the spectators ’ attention is completely enchained from the very start. Truly can Sir Keith Smith say: "No pro-' duct of British workmanship has served man better than the Viray” This is specially borne home as the fliers are shown in their passage over the Southern Alps, wi;h the Vixny aeros ane covered with snow and ice, or, j by striking contrast, as they pilot their way across the plains of Central InIra. Fresh interest is lent to places of Biblical record as the machine is ’ in the clouds above the Garden of Eden on its way to Basra, and over Jericho to the Sea of Galiilee, and on to Damascus. Then the audience is brought along'ithe Persian Gulf to Karachi, to Rangoon and Bangkok; thiT":.h the Dutch Indies, with Timor as tue starting place for the final lap j of 300 miles to Darwin Beautiful views are shown of their exciting experiences at all these different points. Not the least attractive section of the pictures is devoted to the progress of the Vimy frotu Daarwin down the coast to Sydney and Melbourne Education and entertainment have rarefy been. so agreeably combined. |