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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 21 min. 4 sec.) ; 479844692 bytes |
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Ten years after the Boxing Day Tsunami comes new Australian documentary After The Wave; the untold story of Australia's extraordinary role in what became the world's greatest forensic detective operation.The tsunami which hit south-east Asia on December 26, 2004 was the most devastating natural disaster in modern times, claiming a staggering 228,000 victims across 13 countries in a matter of minutes.In Thailand, one of the hardest countries hit, the first foreigners to arrive on the ground were a crack team of forensic experts from the Australian Federal Police, invited by the Thai government to take a leading role in the disaster zone.With Thai infrastructure largely destroyed, dealing with makeshift facilities, sweltering conditions and primitive refrigeration, the forensic team were in a frantic race against time to establish a process to accurately identify the dead. With visual identification of bodies becoming more impossible each day, morgue facilities were set up to collect post-mortem information from the bodies. Meanwhile, police in countries around the world gathered vital ante-mortem data - dental, medical and DNA records to confirm the identity of the bodies.As forensic squads from more than 30 countries arrived on the ground, many with an interest in only their own citizens, chaos threatened to break. A united effort amongst worldwide forensic squads, expertly negotiated and led by the Australian and Thai teams, saw the eventual identification and return of over 4000 loved ones to their families in 40 different countries over 5 years.After The Wave weaves this story together with harrowing first person accounts from tsunami survivors and families of victims and survivors of the moments before, during and after the wave hit. (An SBS production) (Documentary)Follow the conversation on twitter: #sbsdoco |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2014-12-14 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Dead -- Identification.
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Disaster victims -- Mental health.
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Forensic sciences.
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Mass casualties.
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Tsunamis -- Environmental aspects.
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Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)
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Norway -- Oslo.
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Thailand.
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Streaming video
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Blue, Amanda, director
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Black, Sue, contributor
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Ellis, Peter, contributor
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Forest, Derek, contributor
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Hugo, David, contributor
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Hugo, Peter, contributor
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Kent, Karl, contributor
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Phelan, Melinda, contributor
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Phō̜nthip Rōtčhanasunan, contributor
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S?rg?rd, Marina, contributor
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Slater, Julian, contributor
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Somboonsub, Nopadol, contributor
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Strom, Peter, contributor
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Tadd, David, contributor
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Travers, Mick, contributor
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