Episode of Series “Four corners (Television program)”.
On February 10th, 1964, the destroyer HMAS Voyager was sliced in two when it collided with her flagship aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in Jervis Bay, off the coast of New South Wales. Voyager sunk with the loss of 82 men. This program attempts to piece together the final minutes before the fatal collision and the years of bitter neglect for the survivors of Voyager who are still fighting for justice and compensation. Their burden has been one of broken careers, sometimes broken marriages and often broken mental and physical health. Although two Royal Commissions have taken place, responsibility for the collision still remains unanswered, counselling and support have never been provided to the survivors and a certain amount of suspicion still exists about high-ranking naval personnel cover-ups. Reporter: Andrew Olle.
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ACMI Identifier
314750
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Australia - Armed forces
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Australia. Royal Australian Navy
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Destroyers (Warships)
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Melbourne (Aircraft carrier)
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Naval operations - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aircraft carriers
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Destroyers (Warships)
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Marine accidents
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Melbourne (Aircraft carrier)
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Armed forces - training
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Marine accidents
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress disorders, Post-traumatic - Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survivors - Psychology
History → Historical re-enactments
History → History
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Marine accidents
Television
Television → Television series
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
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Sound
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Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)