George Wilson Malon, Senator of the United States gives a speech in his office in Nevada, United States. He reports to the voters. He talks about the war time excise taxes, live music taxes and their effects on the State of Nevada. He assures the people that he will work to aid the hotel and restaurant industry, and jobs for young people of Nevada.
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.
Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. A United States Air Force General at a desk as he looks at some documents. A U.S. Naval officer at a desk as he writes down on a paper. The General at the desk. Shelves bearing name tags in the background. He answers a phone call and returns to his work. Both the officers at separate desks in the same room as seen across a window. The officers talk to each other.
United States soldiers during Detroit riots in Michigan, United States. Building of 'Detroit Police Department, 7th Precinct'. Police comes out the building. 82nd Airborne (United States) soldiers on guard duty at precinct. Soldiers smoke.
An awareness film about Syphilis by United States Public Health Service, United States. Building of Health department headquarters at Brunswick. Mobile health clinic bus parked outside the building. Medical technicians diagnose serum in the laboratory. Syphilis germs under a microscope. Name plate over door reads 'State department of public health'. Blood test performed on African American citizen population. Technician pours chemical in test tubes. It shows negative and positive signs of Syphilis. Two nurses doing double check. Tube containing milky and transparent content. Tubes with negative and positive samples of Syphilis. Two women sit. Follow up workers doing house to house survey. He asks question from women. Man lectures midwifes in a class. Nurse demonstrate blood test. Grocery man gives pamphlet of 'Free Test' with goods. The pamphlet headline says "Colored People Do you have bad blood?" (During time of prominent Jim Crow racial segregation practices). A woman hangs a poster advertising the blood testing on a board. People see the notice. Men work harvesting at a stand of trees where they are harvesting pine resin for turpentine production. Nurse takes blood sample in turpentine woods. Man takes sample at a river pier or dock. African American men and women dancing in a rural dance hall. During a break they wait in line for testing. African American people sit at a local church. Clergy addresses people in church. Blood testing at church. Mobile clinic on the road. People walk in woods. Ox cart driven in woods. Women walk towards a mobile clinic. Nurses work in the clinic.
United States aircraft lands aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Langley off the coast of California, United States. A signal man on the deck of United States aircraft carrier Langley waves signal flags as an aircraft comes in for landing on May 14, 1924. Aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Commander Mason lands on the deck and taxis along. Men in the foreground as the plane taxis. Men rush towards the plane.
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