Sky News exclusive: Previously unseen footage of Cyclone Tracy’s devastation

Previously unseen footage of the trail of destruction that spread across Darwin after Cyclone Tracy will be featured in a new Sky News documentary marking the 50th anniversary of one of Australia's worst natural disasters. Ian McLeod, an amateur cinematographer was visiting his daughter Aileen Scott in Darwin when the cyclone hit. The footage captured by Mr McLeod reveals the extensive destruction caused by Cyclone Tracy, including flattened suburbs, overturned vehicles, bent steel poles, and displaced aeroplanes. During an interview with Sky News Northern Australia Correspondent Matt Cunningham, Ms Scott shared her family's survival story. She described how seven people and two dogs huddled in a bathroom for six hours during the cyclone. Sixty-six people were killed and hundreds more were seriously injured when Tracy landed a direct hit on Darwin on Christmas Day in 1974. Cyclone Tracy: 50 Years On premieres on Sky News on Wednesday 27 November at 8pm AEDT.