Shipwrecked a True Story

On April 15th, 1978, Bill Belcher, lone yachtsman in a race from New Zealand to Australia, was shipwrecked. His self-designed and built craft was wrecked on a coral atoll some 600 kilometres from the coast of Australia. From that time, until his rescue on May 13th, Bill survived in an inflatable rubber life raft. This is the recreated story of his extraordinary experience.

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Credits

production company

Bill Bennett Productions

Dick Smith Adventure

producer/director

Bill Bennett

Duration

00:47:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324287

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1987

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