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The Deadliest Eruption in US History

Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster

6.2 / 10 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

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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
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