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Surviving the Outback

Surviving the Outback

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Surviving the Outback

2019

0h 57m

8.0(1 votes)

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Michael Atkinson places himself in the historic predicament of two stranded German aviators in 1932 to see if the his skills as a survival instructor, pilot and adventurer will allow him to escape to the nearest civilisation.

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Directed by: Michael Atkinson
Written by: Michael Atkinson
Produced by: Michael Atkinson

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