[6] Smith believes that the 2 hr 20 min work might be one of the largest and most ambitious single piece of rock music ever recorded.

[6] A part of the recording was done in the Cathedral of Saint Pierre in Beauvais, the city near the R101 disaster, where Hugh Banton played the organ.

The film contains parts where Lene Lovich can be seen, playing Marthe, Princess Bibesco, who was Lord Thomson's lover.

As for its subject matter, Curly's Airships sketches images of post-WW1 bravery, obedience and stupidity, resulting in the disaster.

The front cover shows a picture of Smith as Curly McLeod on fire in period airship officers' uniform.