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Podcast reveals footage of missing teen Trudie Adams in a 1977 surfing film
She played the main character's girlfriend and appears fresh-faced and carefree
It was filmed by Steve Otton, just one year before she went missing in 1978
Mr Otton describes her as 'a happy person…just sparkling, bright and going off'
She went missing after hitchhiking home 40 years ago and has never been found

By Laura Hedges For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:33 EDT, 29 October 2018 | Updated: 21:49 EDT, 29 October 2018

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Footage of a teenager who went missing 40 years ago on Sydney’s northern beaches has emerged in a 1977 surfing film.

Trudie Adams was picked up by a hitchhiker on Barrenjoey road in June 1978 but her body has never been found and no one was ever charged, despite four investigations into the case.

It is feared that she could have been murdered after 14 woman said they had been picked up by a hitchhiker, who taped their eyes shut and raped them, in the same area of bushland where Ms Adams went missing.

The film, 'Highway One', features Ms Adams when she was 18 just a year before she went missing.

The movie was discovered by the ABC’s Unravel podcast as part of their fresh look into her mysterious disappearance.

The north Sydney teenager is featured heavily in the newly-discovered footage, shot by filmmaker Steve Otton.

Ms Adams plays the girlfriend of the main character and footage shows her dancing with her on-screen boyfriend and sharing a romantic candlelit dinner.

In a scene at Avalon beach, chatting with friends, she appears fresh-faced and carefree.

Speaking to the ABC, Mr Otton said he remembers Adams 'like a sparkler'.

Footage has emerged of teenager Trudie Adams, who went missing 40 years ago on Sydney’s northern beaches, in a 1977 surfing film

The film was shot a year before Ms Adams went missing, by aspiring filmmaker Steve Otton

Ms Adams played the main character's girlfriend and scenes show her at a romantic candlelit dinner, dancing with her on-screen boyfriend and relaxing with friends at the beach

'She [was] always a happy person…just sparkling, bright and going off,' he said.

The film was unscripted and Mr Otton said it was 'Australia’s first acting-surfing feature, created by the young for the young'.

Mr Otton described Ms Adams (pictured) as a 'sparkler' who was 'always a happy person'

Two of Ms Adams friends at the time, Leanne Weird and Anita Starkey, also spoke to the ABC documentary team about her disappearance.

They hope that the fresh investigation into her death – as well as the newly discovered film footage – will encourage those with information to come forward.

Ms Starkey said that they will 'never, ever' get over what happened to their friend.

'[When] something like that happens, it just changes everything,' she said.

The recent examination of Ms Adams’ case has already prompted several woman to come forward with stories of attempted assaults in the area around the time of her disappearance.

Police believe what happened to Ms Adams is linked to these assaults and a series of rapes that took place in the northern beaches between 1971 and 1978.

Ms Adams' friends at the time, Anita Starkey (pictured) and Leanne Weir, spoke to ABC's Unravel and are hoping for answers. Ms Starkey said they would 'never, ever' get over what happened to their friend