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Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia: The Middle East

At street level in Gaza, the buildings have been reduced to rubble as a result of the First World War. Aerial shots of the snaking Jordan River follow its flow into the Sea of Galilee.

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Ross Smith’s Flight from London to Australia: Approaching Sydney

From onboard the biplane, Frank Hurley films two of the crew looking down over Sydney’s harbour.

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Our heroes of the air

The decade after the end of the First World War was a period of great excitement in aviation and this was reflected by the popularity of aviator songs.