Mount Rainer National Park in Washington, United States. Group of women walking around on a hill. Snow capped mountains and trees on hillside in the background. Blooming lilies all across the hill. Women sitting and leaning. They climb on rocks.
Film begins showing pristine snow-covered Mount St. Helens in Washington State, U.S.A. View on March 20, 1980, the mountain appears to have less snow on it. Camera pans over the Cascade mountains. Still picture (illustration) of Mount St. Helens erupting in the past. Several hikers are seen sitting on the peak of the mountain. Camera pans over the view, showing Spirit Lake below and, in the distance, Mount Rainier. Slate reads: "Camp Mehan 1959."View of Mount St. Helens overlooking the Y.M.C.A. Boys try rowing a boat with one oar lock unfastened to the gunnel. one boy sailing alone in a small sail boat. Boys playing volleyball. Boys diving from a dock. A camper speaking with a Forest Ranger in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Campers in the park at places such as Bear Cove, Cedar Brook, and Donnie Brook. Hikers with full back packs exploring the forest. Campers cooking over a charcoal grill. A man with a fishing rod casting into a lake. Interior of a lodge at the end of a trail. View of Mt. St. Helens in 1979. View of a seismograph recording a moderate earthquake of 4.1 on the Richter Scale, beneath the mountain on March 20, 1980. View of smoke and ash rising from the mountain on March 27, 1980. Forest service vehicles closing roads and access to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. View from the air, of a newly opened crater on Mount St. Helens. Forest Service workers and cooperating scientists setting up their gear to study the phenomenon. Nearby Ranger stations, such as Pine Creek are seen after being evacuated by the Forest Service. On March 29th, a second crater is seen on the Mountain. Explosive eruptions seen on March 31st. Camera captures these. A bulge in the mountain at Goat Rocks, is show. Narrator states that it is moving at 5 ft. per day. Another view of smoke and ash rising from the mountain. Scientist David Johnson is seen as he describes how the symmetry of the mountain means that volcanic outflows would come down on all sides of Mount St. Helens. A helicopter lowers a large refuse bin to help Spirit Lake youth camp operators hauling out. Outdoor shops are seen hawking Mt. St. Helen souvenirs. On May 18, 1980, a Forest Service tree planting crew is seen at work in a field. Rumbling sounds. A mountain lion is seen running. Tree planters look up as Mt. St. Helens has a violent eruption, which is seen on film, as the field workers run to escape. Narrator states the cloud reached nearly 14 miles into the sky. The cloud and internal bolts of lightning are seen. View of daylight obscured in Eastern Washington. Policeman wearing a face mask, stops a car from proceeding eastward. A helicopter of the 304th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron depart their Portland Air Base, to search for Geologist David Johnson, who was manning a scientific lookout above Cold Water Creek. View from inside the helicopter in flight. Narrator notes they failed to find him.
Santa Rosa Roundup PRCA Rodeo in Vernon, Texas. Participants of Santa Rosa Roundup PRCA Rodeo, parade. Spectators watch the rodeo. A horse rider on horse back, comes out from chute and performs on ground. The performer falls on the ground. Cattle come out from chute and their riders perform. A bull rider falls down.
Guns mounted on deck of the battleship, USS Missouri (BB-63), anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester A Nimitz walking on deck with other officials in preparation for signing of treaty to end war with Japan in World War II. Crew members crowd on deck. ( Note: The ship from which the action is photographed at the beginning, is the USS Buchanan, DD-484. She carried MacArthur and his entourage to the Missouri for the signing of the surrender.)
Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts' funeral in the United States. The Navy officer march holding SU flags. The officers and sailors salute. The casket of Claude Vernon Ricketts on a horse drawn carriage. The sailors walk on either side of the carriage. The U.S. Navy officer, commanders and sailors pay tribute. The ceremony of USS Biddle renamed to USS Claude V. Ricketts. Sailors stand aboard USS Claude V. Ricketts. Chief of Naval Operations David Lamar McDonald and other guests aboard the ship. A Navy officer speaks into a microphone. Biddle banner on the ship. The banner is replaced with Claude V. Ricketts. The sailors aboard take pictures. USS Claude V. Ricketts underway.
Outstanding leaders and pioneers of the motion picture industry are honored by Look magazine in New York City, United States. Look Magazine publisher Vernon C. Myers stands with a group of motion picture industry pioneers. He honors the contributions of the group to the motion picture industry. Vernon Myers presents a "Look Applauds Scroll" to the men. The honorees include Jack Cohn, President of the pioneers, N.J. Blumberg (Nathan J. Blumberg), pioneer of the year and Chairman of board of Universal Pictures; Ned E. Depinet, former President of RKO. Myers also presents the men a current issue of the Look Magazine, dated December 2, 1952, which contains a feature article on the honored men. They shake hands.
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