As unpredictable as ultimate destiny, disasters can strike at any time. They are major misfortunes, occurrences that cause great suffering or privation, and are usually accompanied by the sudden and unexpected loss of human life. Throughout the 20th century, Australian cameramen and documentary filmmakers have recorded on film the great disasters that have befallen this nation, often at the very real risk of personal injury. This video looks at train collisions, aviation crashes, bridge collapses, mine explosions, fires, floods, droughts, earthquakes and cyclones.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
308199
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Coal mines and mining
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - Australia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Cyclone Tracy, 1974
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Cyclones
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Disasters
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Droughts
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Earthquakes
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Erosion
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Fire
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Floods
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Disasters
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Accidents
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Air pilots - Training of
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)