Search and rescue

Episode of Series “Safer Boating with Ken Warby”.
Explains the ways in which search and rescue can be facilitated should the crew in distress observe certain basic procedures. Cast includes Tony Barry, patrick Bollen, Bob Mercer.

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Credits

director

Rob McAuley

producer

Peter Johnson

production company

Film Australia

RGA Films

Duration

00:05:30:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Appears in

Group of items

Safer Boating with Ken Warby

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013771

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Boats and boating - Safety measures

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Rescue work

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life-saving

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Rescue work

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Search and rescue operations

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Life-saving

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

3 times

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If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/76037--search-and-rescue/ |title=Search and rescue |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=18 January 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1979