A dramatization of the action a community needs to take to prepare for a cyclone in Northern Queensland. Centres on three teenagers, one whose father works on the cyclone warning section of the Bureau of Meteorology. Real life experts in cyclone warnings take part in a critique of the actors’ roles at the end of the film.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
508748
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Cyclones
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)