Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster (2020)

CinemaOSMovie · 2020 · 0h 45m

The Deadliest Eruption in US History

62%(4)IMDbDocumentary

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 bySophie Elwin-Harris

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Status: Released
Runtime: 0h 45m
Language: EN
Released: June 10, 2020

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Nulight Studios

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10 credited

Starring

Bill Ratner

Narrator

Donald A. Swanson

Self - USGS Volcanologist

Dixy Lee Ray

Self (archive footage)

George Barker

Self - Deputy Sheriff, Skamania Co.

Harry R. Truman

Self (archive footage)

David A. Johnston

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy Stoffel

Self - Geologist

Catherine Hickson

Self - Volcanologist

Jim Scymanky

Self - Survivor

David Crockett

Self - Retired Photojournalist

Creative team

Directed by: Sophie Elwin-Harris
Produced by: Sophie Elwin-Harris
Lin Lin Ginzberg

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