50th anniversary of the Brisbane 1974 flood. On this day in 1974, the Brisbane River attained a peak height of 6.6m on the high tide. These edited snippets of home movie footage were taken by amateur filmmaker Bill Rahmann during the flood. The footage shows parts of the Brisbane CBD, including the old Festival Hall inundated with floodwaters. You can watch the full version of this film on Vimeo - https://ow.ly/gVFq50QtpfR This film was digitised as part of the Queensland Library Foundation's Re

3.9K views · 42 reactions | 50 years ago today the Brisbane river peaked during the 1974 floods. In the final part of our special series we look at the major changes made since and the chances of a disaster on that scale happening again. 7NEWS at 6pm. #7NEWS | 7NEWS Brisbane | Facebook