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The Deadliest Eruption in US History

Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster

6.2 2020 45m
Documentary

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens was the deadliest in U.S. history. Survivor testimonies and rare images reveal the cataclysms it unleashed.

Directed by Sophie Elwin-Harris

VISUAL ARCHIVE

Selected stills from the film

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CAST

The people behind the story

Bill Ratner
Bill RatnerNarrator
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Donald A. SwansonSelf - USGS Volcanologist
Dixy Lee Ray
Dixy Lee RaySelf (archive footage)
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George BarkerSelf - Deputy Sheriff, Skamania Co.
Harry R. Truman
Harry R. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
David A. Johnston
David A. JohnstonSelf (archive footage)
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Dorothy StoffelSelf - Geologist
Catherine Hickson
Catherine HicksonSelf - Volcanologist
CURATED SCREEN

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