MISC-NFU - OPERATION OVERDUE - IDENTIFICATION

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Year
1980
Reference
TZP74463
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1980
Reference
TZP74463
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Series
MISC-NFU
Categories
News & Production
Duration
027:00
Production company
NATIONAL FILM UNIT
Credits
DIRECTOR: Derek Wright
SCRIPT: Ian Mills
SCRIPT: Derek Wright
EDITOR: Derek Wright
CAMERA: Lynton Diggle
SOUND: David Newton
MIXER: Brian Shennan
NARRATOR: Bernard Kearns

A step by step account of the methods used in disaster victim identification. This film follows the Police Disaster Victim Identification Team as they cope with the after effects of the Mount Erebus air crash of 28 November 1979. "Operation Overdue" familiarises emergency personnel with the problems that will confront them after a disaster and prepares them for the emotional trauma of working at a crash scene and handling victims.