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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

The slide raft, invented by Qantas operationssafety superintendent Jack Grant

the slide raft, invented by Qantas operations
safety superintendent Jack Grant

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..the slide raft,
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invented by Qantas operations safety superintendent Jack Grant.
Duration
8 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:39
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
Genres
Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.
S01 • E05 It made one of the most significantly difficult - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
It made one of the most significantly difficult
S01 • E03 When asked how many men would be killed or injured - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:20
When asked how many men would be killed or injured
S01 • E04 ..even after you've managed to cut all this down, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
..even after you've managed to cut all this down,
S01 • E06 It must have been extraordinarily painful - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
It must have been extraordinarily painful
S01 • E08 I've enlisted woodworker Shane Wiechnik - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
I've enlisted woodworker Shane Wiechnik
S01 • E05 And this was work we did in 1995, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
And this was work we did in 1995,
S01 • E04 And if you burn that off, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
And if you burn that off,
S01 • E01 ANJA TAYLOR: It was extraordinary - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
ANJA TAYLOR: It was extraordinary
S01 • E06 What was fundamentally a very simple concept - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
What was fundamentally a very simple concept
S01 • E08 This is the equipment that they would have had in the trenches - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
This is the equipment that they would have had in the trench...
S01 • E01 And you know a little-known fact of the corsets - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
And you know a little-known fact of the corsets
S01 • E08 To build barricades and fortifications, et cetera. And then, of course, the timber that would come out of boxes, crates, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
To build barricades and fortifications, et cetera. And then,...
S01 • E07 The '50s and '60s were the golden age of air travel - - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
The '50s and '60s were the golden age of air trave...
S01 • E05 Professor Wood and her team would spend seven years - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Professor Wood and her team would spend seven years
S01 • E02 That'll produce The telephane receiver had two prisms - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
That'll produce The telephane receiver had two prisms
S01 • E03 Why was the evacuation so incredibly dangerous? - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Why was the evacuation so incredibly dangerous?
S01 • E06 Other winemakers picked up the mantle and advanced the bag's design. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
Other winemakers picked up the mantle and advanced the bag&#...
S01 • E08 And then, down here, we've got these mirrors, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
And then, down here, we've got these mirrors,
S01 • E03 Why was the evacuation Well, David, when you consider - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Why was the evacuation Well, David, when you consider
S01 • E05 A tragic event would bring her invention into sharp focus. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
A tragic event would bring her invention into sharp focus.