Footage digitized from the Mount St. Helens Eruption Aftermath Films (FV341:001), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries. Detailed description of this item is as follows:
Aerial view of Spirit Lake before the eruption; aerial view of Mount St. Helens before the eruption; close up of initial crater; aerial view of heavy equipment; aerial views of venting in the crater; aerial views of the landscape, including Spirit Lake, following the eruption; aerial view of Mount St. Helens following the eruption; workers with shovels walking through debris; [0:10:07] man speaking about regeneration and reforesting; workers digging and planting tree seedlings; [0:16:24] man explaining how ash and other factors are causing difficulties for planting trees; shots of landscape devastated by the eruption; [0:18:57] news reporter Claudia Brown commenting on reforestation efforts; shot of landscape with Mount St. Helens in the background; log truck driving.
