People express their opinion that Mount Saint Helens in Washington will not erupt. A rescue worker refuses to leave the area despite threat to his life. Harry Truman, owner of the Mt. St. Helens lodge, refuses to evacuate. He listens to a player piano at his lodge, accompanied by his cats.
Plane flies over Washington coast and cloudy skies. Olympic Mountains in background. Islands and rocks on coast. Mount Rainier is seen above low hanging clouds.
View from a plane flying over Washington coast. Low hanging clouds over Washington coast and Olympic Mountains in background. Islands and rocks on coast. Mount Rainier is seen.
Rescuers reach the wreckage of a Regina Cargo Airlines Douglas C-49K (DC-3) in wooded mountainside southeast of Vail, Washington. Rescuers examine the wreckage. The registration number (N19941) of the DC-1 is seen. Dead bodies on the litters. Rescuers carry the bodies to an ambulance.
Snow covered Chinook Pass in Washington. Rotary snow plow and three bulldozers used to clean the forty feet snowdrift at the highway. Mountain ranges in the background. The roads cleared.
Area cleared for Grande Coulee dam in Washington. 2,400 workers clear entire towns, farms and forests to make way for the rising water behind the dam. A group of men work in the field. A house is burned down. The owners hug and cry looking at their burning house.
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