Fire Mountain: The Eruption and Rebirth of Mount St. Helens (1997)

• History
• Documentary

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Illustrates the terrifying fury of the most destructive volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and survivors' own words. Shows examples of nature's plant and animal recovery seventeen years later.

Rating

10 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

January 1, 1997

Runtime

59m

Language

English

Director

John Kander

Status

Released