Footage digitized from the Mount St. Helens Eruption Aftermath Films (FV341:003), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries. Detailed description of this item is as follows:
[0:00:05] Woman speaking at press conference about state budget and social services; [0:01:25] President Jimmy Carter and family walking [visit of May 22?] and participating in a press conference [0:01:57]; aerial footage of crater; [0:02:58] woman and man speaking about the likelihood of small eruptions “of the type that we have had on May 25, June 12, July 22 and August 7”; aerial footage of the mountain and crater; [0:04:10] man speaking about “outward movement of the rampart area”; aerial footage of crater and collapsed north face of Mount St. Helens; man flipping through book titled “Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument”; close up of crater and plume; ash and debris in water; [0:07:04] man speaking about plans to interview individuals in nearby communities; aerial view of river; Mount St. Helens with plume; aerial views of landscape, crater and mountain including venting; researchers hiking and taking measurements near the crater; [0:17:57] man talking about difficulty of predicting scale of erosion; researchers hiking near the crater; aerial view of plume; burnt trees on side of mountain; views of debris from fallen trees; aerial view of landscape, mountain and plume; venting in crater; researchers eating near venting crater.
