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The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens, no. 14
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- 1980-05-18 (Creation)
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3/4 in.; videotape; positive; color; 0:28:20
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Raw news footage of the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Description provided by broadcaster: “Aerials of Mountain. Eerie steam cloud. Interview with geologist. He tells us about the situation in the volcano and what problems to expect. Tim Storrs and geologist discuss the mountain and how much of it is missing while camera runs on views of Mt. St. Helens.
Toutle River and Camp Baker. Aerials of Camp Baker and Toutle River valley. Long shots of valley and surrounding area. Pictures of hills, etc. Back to Camp Baker. Shots of logs, machinery, and mud. Debris everywhere. Toutle - mud- river. More Camp Baker. Helicopter lands. More mud and landscape surrounding river. Bridge washed out. Wide views, dusty hills.
Clear shot of mountain erupting. Side of mountain. Plume and wide shot. Valleys and ash clouds. Wide to close of mountain and ash.
Many views of mountain erupting.”
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Copyright for this broadcast is held by KATU-TV. In Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/