Opening credits: Here's the story of a girl from Yorkshire; born to be one of millions, she became one in a million. This career - rather like a rocket out of a match-box - was her own. She dreamed it; planned it; lived it; until all that happened to her shouted from...
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Closing credits: And to all the Amy Johnsons of today, who have fought and won the battle of the straw hat - who have driven through centuries of convention - who have abandoned the slogan 'Safety First' in their fight for freedom 'from fear-from want-from persecution'- we dedicate this film.
Based on the career of the British aviator Amy Johnson (1903-1941), the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Amy Johnson made the London to Darwin, Australia flight of 11,000 miles in a de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth, registration G-AAAH, which she named "Jason". The aircraft is now in the collection of the Science Museum in London.