Starring as George McLeay in this film, Rod Taylor is the great-great-grandnephew of the English explorer of Australia, Captain Charles Sturt, the film's subject.
This short film was one of the films that was made that celebrated Australia's 1951 Jubilee, recognizing the fifty years since Australia's Federation in 1901.
This film is a re-enactment of Captain Charles Sturt's second expedition during 1829 - 1830.
Six members of the cast were real Royal Australian Army officers. They did most of the rowing.
Grant Taylor once said of this film's production: "We did indeed row over a thousand miles down the Murrumbigee and Murray rivers and sailed across Lake Alexandrina".