Smithy addresses the American nation on 4 November 1934.
The caption on the reverse of this photograph reads:

Los Angeles. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith intrepid flyer from Australia speaking over a national radio hookup shortly after his arrival in Los Angeles from Oakland finishing the four jump flight from Australia to Suva, Hawaii and Oakland and Los Angeles 11/4/34

Picture: International News Photo Los Angeles Bureau via Tim Kalina Collection