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.
Floods in North East states in the wake of Hurricane Carol. Water flows rapidly and rises in streets. A young girl helped out of water. Muddy and destroyed streets. Wrecked vehicles. Guard stands by rubble on street. Water flows in narrow streets and wrecked houses.
Representative of United States Department of Agriculture and Extension Service of the State Agricultural College address the pupils of the Movable School (an agriculture education extension program of the Tuskegee Institute). Women play volleyball. Women participate in watermelon eating competition. In a competition laces of shoes of two men are tied and then they run. Competitors display their tied laces. The winners pose and smile. Men participate in a watermelon eating competition while their hands are behind their backs. A Ford truck called the "Knapp Agricultural Truck" used by the extension agents moves on a dirt road. Four people arrive in front of Collins' house (a farmer) in a car. Collins and his wife followed by other two persons holding a gramophone, comes out of the car. Collin and his family listen to music on gramophone in the front yard of the house. Top down view of gramophone phonograph record player as it plays a spinning phonograph record disc.
A cowboy rides a horse at a Ranch in Arizona, United States. Mountains in the background. Cowboys ride horses and herd cattle. A man and woman visiting at a dude ranch observe as a cowboy saddles a horse. The cowboy helps the woman mount the horse. Health resorts and spas in Arizona are shown. Patrons relax by a pool and spa, and others play golf. Color footage of late 1930s cars and automobiles driving on city roads in Phoenix. View of the city Phoenix. The Arizona State Capitol Building and other buildings and houses in the city. Women on a canoe in a park river or creek. Children emerge from a school building.
Women sewing clothes for needy families as a part of the WPA program (Works Progress Administration) in Ohio United States during the Great Depression. Close up views of the women seamstress workers as they sew. Young children play with toys and engage in play activities in a nursery school or preschool built for children of working and needy mothers by the WPA. Children work with tools and hammers on projects. Children play in a wooden frame play house. Boy and girl children on swings in the nursery as a teacher watches over them. Smiling children wash up with soap and water using wash basins. One boy jokes and bumps against the girl beside him. The boys and girls lay down on cots for nap time. A boy and a girl sleeping during a nap at the school. Life Guards attend life- saving instructional classes on a beach. Lifeguards rescue a woman from the water and bring her to safety. Men put up a policeman cut out image with sign stating "Slow. School" as a safety measure near a school. People at the improved Toledo Zoo. Families look at a wall built from salvage material in the zoo. Families and children watch a monkey move across a rope ladder at the zoo. A group of monkeys in a pond. The WPA Symphony Orchestra performs in the open band shell amphitheater at the Toledo Zoo (the Zoological Park Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio). WPA Orchestra with musicians employed through federal funds, are seated on the stage as they perform. Families indulge in swimming and relax in a community swimming pool in Ohio. A young boy climbs a fountain in the pool to take a closer look.
Firestone family camp in Maryland, United States. Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company with wife Idabelle Smith Firestone and son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr and his wife Elizabeth Parke Firestone walk on a path with trees on either side. One of the members climb a rock formation. They enjoy near a stream of water. They walk at the edge of the rock formation in water. Maryland state police officers at a service
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