Video of Mount St. Helens
Mr.
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds,
Massive amounts of video were shot before, during and after the various
eruptions of Mount St. Helens in 1980. Unfortunately, no one had a video
camera on and running when the May 18 blast occurred, and the only motion
effect available is that achieved by viewing the 35mm film shot by Gary
Rosenquist. These are single frame photos shot rapidly during the
avalanche and blast and have been digitized to give a "motion" effect.
A German video production crew did a documentary on the mountain in
approx. 1988. Most local television stations in Portland, Oregon and
Seattle, Washington have produced documentaries. One film crew was
arrested after illegally entering the blast area only days after the
largest eruption. They had to be rescued by helicopter and were badly
burned. We have copies of many of these in our video library here at
ESD 112.
If you are interested I will send you a list of our titles (with
publishers) if you give us an address.
We have tried to put video clips on the web, but no one will give us
permision as of yet. Seems they are not comfortable with giving away
their images!
I hope this has helped. Regards,
Jon Nelson
VolcanoWorld participant and,
Administrator, Instructional Services Division
Educational Service District 112
2500 NE 65 Ave
Vancouver, Washington 98661
360-750-7505 FAX 360-750-9706
Internet: jnelson@esd112.wednet.edu
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