Produced to commemorate Australia’s Bicentenary (1988), this video captures the official First Fleet Reenactment Voyage in 200 minutes of action and adventure. Witness the trials and tribulations of the modern day voyagers who took part in the voyage from Portsmouth on 13 May 1987 to the spectacular finale on Sydney Harbour on Australia Day, 26 January 1988.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309163
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Sailing ships
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Ships
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
History → Australian Bicentenary, 1988
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan