St. Helens (1981) - Full movie with eng. subtitles

[@michaelk3582]

My mom is dancing with the co star in the bar scene early in the film, ( filmed in the Bend woolen mill, Bend Or ) ..... We lost her 5 yrs ago and I like to come back and watch her dancing and smiling right up to the hug at the end of the scene...😀

[@Elizabeth-ct8xp]

Hugs dear

[@davidgee4399]

You should put the moment of the film where her scene is.

[@ceciliawinterhalder6830]

What a great memory. Sadly, David Huffman, who played David Jackson, was murdered a couple years later in 1985 at age 39.

[@travisn2875]

@@ceciliawinterhalder6830 The real scientist's name was actually David Johnston. Such a sad story about David Huffman.

[@k.s.7104]

Loved this movie growing up and still today. Great assembly of talent. May your mom rest easy and those who stared in it who are no longer with us!

[@cindyharding574]

It's so nice to see all the cars and trucks I grew up seeing look brand new again. I wish i could leave 2023 and forever live in 1980. I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[@bradr2142]

Me too.

[@powwowcritic13]

Me too instead of this plastic metal which kills is faster than our old real metal rides

[@saythankyou111]

Oh yes,the economy was booming,the worst think on tv was mtv…..and no identity wars 🇺🇸😳

[@teresamerklin4614]

Do you have kids? Do you really want to give them back if you do?

[@theoneandonly6431]

Agreed.

[@andreamallery8999]

I grew up in Spokane Washington and will never forget the sight that day...everything closed, shoveling ash,the sight of the sky slowly turning black on a beautiful blue sky spring day... it will be in my memory forever and I'm now 56.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

It’s a sight I wish I could see. I’ve always struggled to imagine just how massive it must have been.

[@mrh0wler353]

Was at my job in Northern Illinois and I remember a few semi-trucks roll in to the Motorola loading docks covered with inches of ash.

[@cristineconnell7803]

​​​@@TheNightWatcher1385It was overwhelming & terrifying! We had no idea what happened & took some time to find out! Figured it was ash that turned day to night only after it started raining on us! But the wall of black coming to cover the sky & everything in it was unreal! Not something I want to experience again! Common sense told us to try to cover our cars, & not breath the air! But all we had was scarfs! Lived by Mt St Helen's when she was puffing off in 2003-2005, was able to spend time studying it all! Really enjoyed the forest service guys up there! Struck me as salt of the earth types! And they worked safe! She started to act up, we hightailed it out! Though I got cut off of the side of the mountain I needed to grab my children from school. They took me on fire roads around the other side! Had to drop down by the river to head back! And what do you know, I made it to school with a few minutes to spare!😂😂 I was in a small town in NE WA when she blew! We were outside hanging clothes on the line we had just tie dyed! They all came out grey, even though we took them off the line quick! 😂 Ruined any cars paint that wasn't under cover! 😢 Any time the mountains around us start rumbling, I tend to grab my heavy air filter mask, extra air filters for the rigs! Like breathing sand only worse!

[@RonaldwToussaint]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@laurascherr2941]

I’ve lived in Spokane, Washington when this happened. What a crazy day.

[@kaijufan6246]

About a week ago, a classmate of mine asked me if I could live on another planet, would I take it? I told him no. I told him "This is the planet I was born on. This is the planet I will die on." I couldn't help but think of Harry Truman in this movie. That mountain was doomed to erupt, but he wanted to die on that mountain with his family. St. Helens is a classic movie. Thank you for having it on KZbin. Highly appreciated.

[@olavwilhelm6843]

thats a little pathetic lol

[@feiryfella]

His 16 cats that had no choice?

[@cristineconnell7803]

We all die at some point! Can't run from life! However if I had any inkling, I would pack up & come back to rebuild! Then again as we get older & tired out, what difference does it make!😂😂 Such a beautiful area! The awesome wonders of GOD'S creation! Mt St Helen's taught us so much!

[@janetmariededick6061]

@@olavwilhelm6843that’s what I thought. Those poor kitties died a horrible death because he didn’t care to save them. They were innocent. I’m a cat lover so it upsets me to think of those poor cats.

[@TheRealRedAce]

@@olavwilhelm6843 But REAL.

[@staceyshaffer4984]

I was 6yrs old turning 7 On the day Mount St Helen's erupted I was outside in Puyallup Washington playing in the ashes not knowing what had just happened Last Saturday me and my husband visited Mount St Helens It was breathtaking

[@BrandiHilton-pq2km]

My parents and I lived in Vancouver WA in 1980 when it erupted. It's very accurate in details. Harry Truman was stubborn and refused to leave his house. He didn't care if it was going to erupt or not. He didn't believe it. The eruption was so destructive. It wiped out Spirit Lake& Toutle. The lumber businesses around the mountain was destroyed; thousands of animals were killed; It was devastating. I did reports for high school & college about the eruption, I earned all A's. It's been over 40 years. It's crazy. This movie is so accurate.

[@scotthayes4135]

This disaster happened two years before I was born. I was born in 1982.

[@honkytonk4465]

​@@scotthayes4135why were you born in '82,makes no sense to me?!

[@88997799]

Well, now he’s under 40 feet of ash.

[@davemathews7890]

Fun fact: Art Carney (Harry Truman) won an Oscar playing another "Harry" in the film, "Harry and Tonto."

[@mikejorsch304]

His wife was already buried there

[@supersnake151]

Im so glad the full movie is on KZbin!

[@gordonfiddler5802]

I remember when it was on Beta version cassette tape when I watched it in 1989 in high school during social studies. We had to take notes as part of a lesson. We also watched the old movie on Krakatoa when it went off in 1883 killing 3600 especially during the 130 foot tsunami.

[@debwilson5236]

Rest in eternal peace all those souls who lost their lives when Mount St Helens erupted, Harry and David got a front row seat ❤

[@derekschoenike5685]

As a kid I remember watching the news of St. Helens, and seeing people shoveling the ash like it was snow. Weitd that's what stuck with me all these years.

[@livetotell100]

I actually have a few jars of the ash. I was a youngster at the time, but my Grandmother lived in Spokane Washington. And she brought us some of the ash that landed in her backyard.

[@angelawilliams4239]

I remember seeing it on tv, here in Australia, when I was a little girl.

[@shewolf2671]

Brought back a lot of old memories, I was a teenager and watched St Helens blow from our big picture window in Castle Rock. Devastated a lot of people I loved and knew, disrupted, effected and forever changed all of our lives. Harry was an awesome old guy, we used to swim off the dock where he fished and he always gave us kids a hard time as there where 7 of us. He used to tell us that we had our own tribe, I think he looked forward to giving us a kids a hard time, lol.

[@NanaVicki1]

That is truly a rare and beautiful memory that you have. One of the gteats for sure.

[@davesperling3384]

Where did you get the CB handle ( she wolf )

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

What a beautiful Precious memory. You should write a story about it.

[@acefire4050]

I was 5 years old when this happened and I told of it when I was 4 years old and actually it was a few weeks before I turned six to about 3 months or slightly shy of 3 months and I told of this on Christmas after my birthday of my fourth birthday and yet you still have not seen the full potential of what it could do but you might see what it can do one day.

[@prissypants2336]

My Aunt lived in Seattle at the time..she brought me a jar of ash home to Ky.

[@Nana-vi4rd]

Love this movie, that blew the year my middle child was born and the Skyway bridge down in Tampa Bay Florida collapsed. And I knew Mr. Carney, his parents lived in the building where my grandfather was the Superintendent, His mother use to make us kids cookies all the time. And he would come visit his parents at least once a month. Telling us stories about the places he had been and things he had seen. He was a lot like the Character he played in the movie. May he rest in peace.

[@leeleeporch7876]

Wow, what a special heart felt movie... The writer of this movie has a wonderful sense of humor. especially while trying to inform us all about 1980 St Helen and how people were set in there ways... Thanks very much for the upload...

[@tjp2109]

Set in our ways...? Lived all my life in the PNW. I remember the eruption you see and people weren't snowflakes back then. Literally. Oregon was considered back country to the rest of the US. But we had common sense. Smart was smart. Stupid was stupid. Now we have millions of purple haired having, welfare loving, man bun wearing idiots that can't tell what gender they are. All common sense is gone thanks to Californians moving in year after year 😒 We're ruined now.

[@valeriahargand6861]

Pretty memorable day for our family. My husband knew Harry Truman well. Our son turned 11 the day Mt. St. Helen's blew her top. My niece was born the day Mt. St. Helen's blew her top. It rained ash snow at our home in Cathlamet, and there were aftershock tremors felt at our home in Cathlamet that shook the coffee cup out of my hands ... rattled windows (our included), and swayed chandeliers in other homes in Cathlamet. My husband was a shovel operator in one of the first logging companies allowed into the Red Zone for cleanup salvage logging. What a day. What an experience.

[@SissyD61]

Thank you for sharing that with everyone! Thank God you all lived through it!!

[@crocodile1313]

I was also 11 years old when St. Helens erupted, so your son must be at 51 today like me. Thanks for sharing your story; that certainly was a memorable day for your family!

[@mikehagan4320]

My Father in law also worked on the cleanup. I Believe he worked for Washington at the time.

[@rayt5987]

Funny. Was 11 at the time. Lived in Clarkston. Didn't hear it. But got a coating of ash.

[@terryleeschiller8515]

I Had A Son !!! I'll Never NEVER Forget That Day ❣️

[@dontcallmeshirley5786]

No matter how many times I watch stuff about Mt. St Helens , I will always feel horrible about the losses everyone had suffered.

[@MsAggie78]

Well, they were ALL warned, knew the risks, and disregarded them.🙄🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@spikespa5208]

If Truman really acted and talked like that.........no big loss.

[@secretsquirrel6308]

Anne Morgan, the devastation was hundreds of miles. Example, people in Idaho had vehicles ruined by the great volumes of highly abrasive ash. Streams across three states were filled with ash. Many streams were blocked for decades. Measurable amounts of ash from this eruption were found across the nation.

[@marvintrujillo2647]

42 years later,still some haunting memories for that community.....1:25:24 is like the doomsday clock of not only this movie but the entire Northwest of the US...

[@robbieallan6522]

It was a tragedy.

[@chasestf2andytpvideos.92]

This Movie is 40 years old and it's still great these days.

[@semoneg2826]

Wow so old

[@markgardner4426]

Bothered me that they turned Harry's 16 cats into one dog. Would have gotten a better idea of the man if was truer to facts but then filming a movie with a bunch of cats around would have been a nightmare. My maternal grandparents lived outside Yakima and got a ton of ash on their property. My paternal grandparents were living in Bend while this was filmed. Thank you for posting this film; I'd only seen part of it once a long time ago.

[@Goro488]

Years before the eruption he had a dog, called him Boy. You can see him here: picclick.com/Snowed-in-Mt-St-Helens-Lodge-WA-Vintage-401524495487.html

[@mr.anonymous7898]

I’m guessing that because dogs are mostly easier to train than cats. Try to teach a cat to sit it’s pretty hard to accomplish.

[@rsb97080]

The story was, at the time they made this movie, supposedly Art Carney was allergic to cats. But I found that hard to believe since he and a cat were the main stars of Harry and Tonto, six or seven years prior.

[@TheRealRedAce]

"Ah, director. We're gonna be working with 16 cats and.....you prefer just a dog you say......"

[@elfowl6873]

Remembering the eruption and the lives lost on that horrific day, and the wildlife too. God Bless.

[@michaelshields7777]

Poor creatures.....

[@terrybardy2848]

May they all rest in peace.

[@TimothyCihal-pn7fm]

So this is your loving forgiving god?

[@catherinehansel]

@@TimothyCihal-pn7fm This is your broken sinful world that a loving forgiving God gave an opportunity for salvation to anyone who choses

[@MsAggie78]

The people were ALL warned. They just had no respect for Nature's power.🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I feel worse about the animals, honestly. And the scientists.

[@GM8101PHX]

I was stationed at Fairchild AFB during the eruption, even the the vehicle the sheriff was driving is of the time period, including the police light bar. Us security police at Fairchild were driving the same Ford Broncos. By 3 in the afternoon it was dark as night as the ash cloud drifted over our base. We were having an open house and airshow that day, the base commander cancelled it, ordering security police to evacuate civilians off the base. After everything calmed down the search and rescue squadron at my base started rescuing people trapped by the eruption. We raided the base exchange for nylon clothing to protect the air cleaners on the military and civilian vehicles on the base. The destruction was beyond belief. I had ash in my car when I drove back to Arizona in 1982 over two years after.

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

How many sasquatch did you guys find?

[@vexile12]

Nature is beautiful but dang she scary

[@michaelshields7777]

I was up in Kettle Falls when St Helen's blew her top.

[@Seri-Katil]

So basically you drove a filthy car that you never bothered to clean out for 2 years after the eruption.

[@dharter100]

I was caught driving in it between Hanford and Yakima. Couldn't see anything just was dark and ash everywhere. They were saying how the ash could damage everything it came in contact with.

[@harrynixon1984]

I want to live in a place like this. I used to live in Minnesota and it's beautiful and naturally majestic too ❤❤

[@youarepredictable]

I remember watching this on HBO as a kid repeatedly. I was fascinated by this movie/event.

[@flcopperhead766]

You aren't the only one. I loved watching this when I was a kid. Bet we hadn't had cable a year when I saw this. Great memories.

[@patbackus7668]

Love how they always show these arm wrestling scenes in movies, and people always hug afterwards, every time I’ve ever seen them in a bar a brawl breaks out ,

[@hobbs1701a]

I remember watching this movie as a kid on HBO. It was because of this that I became so fascinated by volcanoes, going so far as to wanting to be a volcanologist for a time.

[@dlane5292]

I had a similar interest, along with planes n trains, railroading won out.

[@ironmartysharpe8293]

This was the first movie I recorded on HBO when I got my first VCR and when I saw the movie on the schedule , I didn't even know they made a movie about Mount St Helens so I had to record it and check it out , That massive explosion , 500 atomic bombs is Way Way beyond imagination along with over a cubic mile of solid rock equivalent to over a ton of rock for every person on earth Billions of tons of rock instantly blown away , It definitely goes to show you how powerful Mother Nature can be Even today I'm still surprised how low the death toll was despite that massive explosion and that the majority of the people in the area had time to get out Because Who knows , That mountain could have blown up without warning

[@fandoria09]

The 1st time I got to watch this movie on HBO, I was 13 in 1984 at my 1st cousin's house. Where I lived, we only had 5 TV channels through an outside antenna. If we wanted cable, it would have had to come from those big satellite dishes that took up most of the yard. I lived on a farm just outside a village where, to this day, cable companies don't go because we're too far from and big cities. That village has yet to get a population of over 275 people. They had to go with either Dish Network, etc. when they became available.

[@BooPeek13]

Me too. I wanted be a vulcanologist as well. Unfortunately I have dyscalculia, so no science for me.

[@lilbehr1]

I was 20 years old and living in Oregon when Mount St. Helens blew. We were about 75 miles away and still heard and felt the explosion. The sky grew dark and the ash fell for days, we got around 6 to 7 inches of it. It looked liked an atomic bomb had gone off, you could see the mushroom cloud in the distance. The blast literally flattened tress for 200 miles around the mountain. It was a day I will never forget, that's for sure.

[@Sashazur]

I wish I had seen it - but not too close! P.S. Trees were knocked down maybe 10-20 miles away, but certainly not 200 miles away. I flew over in a little plane about 10 years later.

[@pattieprophet7987]

WOw!!!!

[@williamgreene4834]

@@Sashazur I think it's a typo seeing as they were 75 miles away.

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

What's a "tress"?

[@pw8970]

thank you for sharing your experiences.

[@TalentedDilittante]

The day after Mt St Helens blew, I was about 600 miles or nearly one thousand kilometers away in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, when the constant rain of ash began. By the following day, everything was eight to ten inches deep in ash. I remember the TV interviews of Harry Truman, his determination to stay.

[@harrietharlow9929]

He was either very brave or very foolish. I'll go with brave.

[@jonathanlawson4667]

He was just ignorant and it got him killed he actually thought he was far enough away from it that it wouldn't hurt him but I'm sure as the skin melted off his bones from the hot ash and rubble he was regretting his ignorant decision

[@stevebragg4256]

@@jonathanlawson4667 probably happened so fast he felt nothing. He was in his 80s, even if he had move, looking at his area afterward may have done him in anyway.

[@haroldlawson8771]

@@jonathanlawson4667 actually he said if the mountain go so do I also it unlikely he would have feel pain he more likely then not died before his body could register pain

[@spikespa5208]

If he was anything like he's portrayed here, I'd go with ornery, pigheaded stupidity.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Johnston and Truman didn't live more than a second. The pyroclastic flow vaporized them almost immediately.

[@thecamocampaindude5167]

I thought they'd be like pompeii cadavres

[@nopcshere6097]

​@@thecamocampaindude5167The heat and gas would have vaporized them before the ash cloud hit them.

[@chrisrohde7696]

they were turned to gas? Just because no remains were found doesn't mean they are a gas now. its a big universe, they could be anywhere in any way. i dont know why you had to bring gas into this controversy.

[@chrisrohde7696]

it appears gas did play a major role in this event. I agree with the gas, but still i dont think there is any reason to believe they were turned to gas almost immediately unless you were speaking like in billion year time scales. i wouldnt know since i wasnt there.

[@TheRealRedAce]

They, especially Harry, were hit by a red hot supersonic hurricane accompanied by half an airborne mountain in a gigantic flying landslide. It might as well have been a nuke.

[@LivingWithScience82]

I lived in Cottage Grove, Oregon when it blew. I felt the harmonics through the ground similar to a space shuttle taking off with full ground vibration. My family, however didn't notice a thing, and after looking around, nothing was amiss. I chalked it up to a nearby quarry blasting on a Sunday. Since we were south, we didn't even get any ash. I was really impressed with a newspaper article of a family who had camped on top of the mountain, and fled westward which saved their lives. I'll post when I find a link.

[@lilithbrantley4930]

We were stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington back in 2009. It was an awesome experience knowing I was walking on land that had been devastated from the volcano. It was something I'll never forget. We hiked Mt Rainier all seasons. Springtime was amazing with all of the wild flowers and critter's. It was my favorite duty station!

[@sitnspin1819]

Rainier's eruption will be a true fresh level of hell.

[@cristineconnell7803]

Grew up camping all over those mountains every year growing up! Life was really hard with a cranky single Mom, but she grew up in the hills & took us back every weekend we could go!❤ Awesome memories ❤ We often went with extended family & friend's too! Some of the most breathtaking country! Have visited many beautiful places in my life, but this area is home always❤ O couldn't leave our trees & mountains! The streams, rivers, hidden lakes & waterfalls! A taste of heaven on earth❤

[@phelan5387]

I was in the town of Mt.Vernon 150 miles north of Mt. St. Helen's on the morning of April 18th 1980. I heard a tremendous blast in the distance and the entire house rattled from the shock wave. I will never forget the sound it made. Harry Truman did not want to leave the Spirit Lodge.

[@user-pc8ee8sx7v]

I was in Arlington not too far from you.

[@peatmoss4415]

Wow! You heard it erupt a month before it happened!

[@PorkRollActual]

for some reason this movie showed up in my suggested videos. I remember watching it when I was very young with my dad, who passed recently. He lived in Portland, OR. when Mt. St. Helens erupted. He had a ton of pictures and collected a jar of ash from it. Was a nice to relive the stories and memories he told me about while watching this.

[@edbiasi]

I was 5 years old when St, Helens blow, it woke me up! We lived in Wilsonville OR at the time and I remember waking everybody else up saying "it's snowing outside". I believe we got 3-4 inches of ash. My Father still has some ash in a baby jar!

[@sda9995]

I was 8 but i don't remember hearing about Mount st Helen

[@apachetribeswearealive2313]

DID YOU KNOW THAT IT IS TOXIC. .CARBON DIOXIDE and FLOURINE GASES IS TOXIC TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS IT COULD LEAD TO DEFORMITY CROP FAILURE AND DEATH.

[@gustavopacheco919]

@@apachetribeswearealive2313 Why are you yelling?

[@karenengelhardt1610]

Haha. So, ash would not have fallen on Wilsonville until later in the day. I know this because I remember thinking that I could go play in it; we'd already driven through the eruption to get home from the beach that morning so it was in the afternoon when ash started falling in Vancouver

[@ethics3]

@@apachetribeswearealive2313 HOWWWW

[@jasonsnyder8341]

Love this movie. Watched it when it came out. I was 5 yrs old. Gave me chills then and still does.

[@therese6447]

I remember watching this movie..I was 6 when it came out..80s was the best

[@scotthayes4135]

42:32 when animals start acting strange like that there's something horribly wrong. There was a similar scene on "Earthquake" when the birds all flew off and all the dogs were barking and howling.

[@jblakeslee44]

I was an extra in this movie. It was produced in Bend, Oregon. The actual mountain in the movie is another Cascade range volcano, Mt. Bachelor, just west of Bend.

[@graceisamazing5493]

I'm delightfully grateful for the opportunity to rewatch St. Helens. This is the first time I've seen it since it was new. I was 28 and living in Amarillo, Texas when she blew. We got ash all the way down there. Amazing what nature can do! Harry Truman was quite the character, & Art Carny was the perfect man to play him. If I'm not mistaken, I think this may have been Art's swan song. Appropriate.

[@Kevin-tn1hp]

Carney had a small role in the Last Action Hero (1993) as Arnold Schwarzenegger's cousin. This is a great movie though. I saw it when I was around 10 and thought I'd look it up. Glad to see it on you tube.

[@graceisamazing5493]

@@Kevin-tn1hp I also loved him in Harry & Tonto. Ever see it?

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

I live in EL Paso Tx and remember the sky being brown for a day after the eruption!

[@MARIAAPARECIDA-wk1bw]

😢😮❤

[@TheRealRedAce]

Most of the continental US got some ash from this.

[@tuttt99]

Trivia: David Jackson was loosely based on real life USGS scientist David Johnston, who died at the Coldwater II observation post on the ridge that now bears his name. His family and 36 colleagues protested his depiction in the film as he was a highly dedicated professional in real life; and not at all the reckless daredevil portrayed in the film.

[@ivorytower99]

I remember the eruption of Mt. St. Helen. I never knew there was a movie about it. Thanks for the upload!

[@freemarketjoe9869]

I flew over the crater in 1982. It was smoking slightly and all the trees were laying flat, spread out in a pattern falling away from the blast.Spirit lake was still there, a muddy pond at the base of the massive crater. It was a perfect,sunny day with low clouds , their shadows just underneath. Spectacular.

[@melodiefrances3898]

I did a helicopter fly over. Breathtaking, horrible and beautiful. The sheer power was something you couldn't conceive of. Those trees flattened and stripped in a second. The "excavation" and the gaping horseshoe it left You could see how the pyroclastic flow that went over a ridge. I wish I was young enough to dee more of its evolution.

[@STanner7]

I was 11 years old when this occurred and I was at my friend Shirley’s in Portland. We went out to saddle the horses. Went riding. I’ll never forget it. The horses were behaving strangely. I heard an explosion. The next thing I knew, I witnessed this cloud of ash and it became quite humid. It appeared to be right over us. In fact it was 70 miles away. It covered the sky in darkness. My dad drove up and told me to get into the car. I couldn’t take my eyes off of this huge plume of ash. I could see lightning striking from a distance. It’s something I’ll never forget.

[@thefrase7884]

Were the horses ok?

[@Stitchwitchstitch]

What happened to the horses?!

[@robynmarler1951]

😂it was 70 miles away, they were fine.

[@annmiller6480]

They probably had a horse trailer or something (Glances sideways at original poster). You DID have a horse trailer, right? Edit: One of the few times I heard about farms around Portland (friendly jab from just outside Roseburg).

[@susanhowe163]

1980. So long ago 😪 and yet to many of those who were directly living through the horrible nightmare in 1980, it's terror lives on in their sleep. The fact that you live on is to be applauded and may God bless you and your generations.

[@yourmumschancla3953]

when you truly think about it it wasn't actually that long ago. Realistically so much has occurred in such a small amount of time.

[@ChristienahRobertsonTravis]

Harry Truman had motivation to stay and used his bravado to keep everyone from realizing that he still missed his wife. He wanted to go. What a way to go.

[@feiryfella]

I bet his 16 cats he killed would disagree with him.

[@James-mz7tv]

Eddie (Edie) was his dream gal, she came walking up all those years ago, and they had a storybook life and romance up there. Surely he was just devastated after she was gone.

[@mousethatroared1213]

My parents and I had left Marysville, WA, and were on our way to Yellowstone. We stopped in Missoula--we were really tired--and debated whether to stop there or keep going. Finally, we decided to keep going--and that turned out to be a good idea. We stopped in Bozeman to rest and spend the night. The mountains were beautiful and we were lounging in the hot springs when a woman came in and told us the mountain had erupted. The next morning I opened the door of our van to see nothing but ash, about six inches of it, ash on the ground and hanging in the air. We were lucky: Missoula got three feet of ash! My brother back in Marysville, a good five hours from St. Helens, said the house started shaking, and he knew the mountain had blown.

[@michaeltapper4249]

As a kid from Paw Paw Michigan l came outside the day after the eruption to find a fine dust like substance all over. Amazing how far the ash spread. Thanks for the film.

[@Goro488]

You´re welcome :-)

[@hayliedlr]

I was almost 2yrs old when this happened. I lived in Michigan at that time too, but I live to the north. From my understanding, Michigan didn't feel the effects. I only learned about the eruption when I studied volcano.

[@laurabogue3503]

Thank you for posting this video. I have the movie myself but haven't seen it in a while. I saw the mountain in 2016 she was proud and beautiful then. I haven't seen her in a while though. You don't appreciate the destruction till the last 20 miles. Then as you crest one hill it is layed out in dramatic fashion. Truly a sight.

[@summerrose299]

I was living in England when this happened and right away I phoned my Aunt in the United States to ask about my cousin who lived near the volcano. My Aunt said he was alright and in fact he and his wife was staying at her house in Michigan and had been there for two weeks, so they were safe.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

I was 11 years old in Michigan at the time. I could see the ash cloud in the sky, not very dark, but noticeable. Interesting times.

[@tracyhanf9192]

I was 17 at the time. I’m in Denver Colorado area and unaffected by it. I’m fascinated with volcanoes and what makes them work and I was concerned that it was going to blow as i followed the story closely.

[@mariekatherine5238]

My cousins lived in OR, they sent us a few jars of ash and a Christmas ornament made out of Mt. St. Helen’s glass.

[@lynneshapley3948]

My sister lived there afterwards and would find burnt wood...she would send us bits and pieces of evidence from mt st helens....I also have an ornament made from the ash

[@maryglass3658]

I also gave a small container of Mount Saint Helen ash my brother in law sent me at the time.

[@christophertote8912]

I was out of the room when Bill McKinney first spoke with that distinctive voice when going after Otis...Can't be, but, yes; infamous Deliverance scene on the river! I love this movie! Good work by cast and crew. Much appreciated! Peace

[@guadalahonky4002]

That's veteran character actor Bill Kinney, who was an unofficial member of Clint Eastwood's stock acting company going back to the 70s. His character in Michael Cimino's "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" is even stranger than his character in "Deliverance." If you saw "The Green Mile", Bill was the disfigured guard who threw the switch. Also a member of the Black Widow biker gang in "Every Which Way But Loose", which I went to see at the theater at age 12 in 1978.

[@lisasmith9311]

I lived on foothills of My St Helens it's the most beautiful place I've ever seen

[@GM8101PHX]

I most likely will never experience something of this nature again in my life, it is April 2019 yet I still remember that day and I was on top of an aircraft hanger at Fairchild, we were west of Spokane Washington. We had a nuclear mission at the time, even that was disrupted for a few days as aircraft such as our B-52's and KC-135's could not fly in the ash. Our Tanker aircraft took off in a MITO formation to get away from the area before being trapped, they went to other Air Force Bases not effected by the eruption. Other Bombers were uploaded at other SAC bases to replace ours that were grounded. The base went into a stand still. I have a plaque hanging on the wall in my office for the assistance of clean-up of the ash from the eruption. May 18th 1980 will always be in my mind!

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Maybe you'd like to see the interactive map of Yellow Stone. Things seem to be picking up. ALOT more earthquakes and all. Might be something, or might not, who knows. One thing is for sure that 'IF' it ever does blow we will ALL know about it, and I bet it will effect the rest of the world.

[@colleenkennedy1934]

LIAR! your other comment says it was an airshow not a nuclear mission

[@nickrizzo8517]

Great movie about a historical event. Thank you for posting this.

[@offgridcabin1557]

Don't take this as a historical movie. This is Hollywierd. Very little in this movie is factual. I grew up just a few miles north of the mountain and my wife was from Toutle. We were there when the Mountain blew. Her writing tourist songs and living in Toutle and me working for the U.S. Forest Service out of Packwood. We met in 1982 and married because of the mountain erupting and changing our lives forever. We are divorced now but share a daughter and five grandsons together and all because of that Mountain Erupting. Two of my friends growing up Kim & Marlina (Brother & sister) lost their Parents in the eruption. Their Dad Jim, was a Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Foreman and their Mom, Kathleen decided to ride with him on the morning of May 18th to check on the companies equipment in the Red & Blue Zone on the Mountain. The Pluards were never seen again. Many many friends of mine were logging there and if it had erupted Monday instead of Sunday, the death toll would have been hundreds higher. As it was, 57 people lost their lives in the eruption.

[@MsAggie78]

Just a reminder that Harry Truman was hardly a victim. He was warned repeatedly, and refused to leave. In fact, EVERYONE was warned. Freedom of choice doesn't absolve you of the consequences of your choice.🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@erynlasgalen1949]

I don't think he thought of himself as a victim. He'd lived half a century of his life there. Would it have been better for him to live a few more years in some senior apartment looking out z window at a brick wall? I don't call that living.

[@feiryfella]

I hate the fact he killed all his cats along with him.

[@curtyeomans8446]

The majority of the people who died were outside the red zone set up around Mt St Helen’s. In fact only three of the victims were inside the red zone. Many people who died were 10 or more miles away from the mountain, in spots that they were told would be safe. Scientists had largely expected a plinean eruption (where it explodes upward from the summit) and not a lateral blast

[@tomroyal6167]

@@curtyeomans8446-And we know that scientists are never wrong? 😂😊

[@TheRealRedAce]

WHAT choice? How could he leave? Where to? The man was in his 90's. He had a lot of animals and his family were buried there. No way would I have left if I were him. He wouldn't have been happy elsewhere and how many years did he have left anyway?

[@scoobycarr5558]

That's right! Next year will be 40 years after Mt. St. Helens did the huge eruption! I was a freshman in high school when I learned about the historic eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

[@delavalmilker]

OMG it's the great Art Carney! His career spanned from The Honeymooners in the fifties, numerous movies and TV shows, to this one. He was PERFECT as old irascible Harry Truman! He steals the movie in every scene he's in. And gosh--I didn't know he could play the piano!

[@PenelopeRoberts9212]

Thanks very much for uploading this as, like others here, I've waited a long time to watch it again. In the UK it was titled, "Killer Volcano" and was never released on DVD. I recorded it from the TV on VHS but, of course, I no longer have a VHS player. The scenery is absolutely beautiful and what happened was a tragedy but watching the St. Helens area returning to life again over the years has been a revelation.

[@Goro488]

You are welcome

[@mattpollack5823]

Hi Penelope i hope this year brings happiness and prosperity to all Americans & Europeans and all over the world 🌍

[@OutlawMonstersPerson]

I met Harry Truman when I was 13 years old. Who would have could have known he would be gone 5 years later. Rest in Peace Harry. I still miss you my old friend.

[@theoneandonly6431]

Sad he chose to throw his life away but remaining on the mountain.

[@Lot-4656]

After the eruption what kind of summer did you have that year?

[@karenengelhardt1610]

I was a toddler and don't remember the entire thing, but I do remember that my mother was screaming for my dad to pack us up so we could get home from the beach before they closed the freeway. Traffic was completely stopped when we got to Kelso/Longview and my dad picked me up and showed me what I thought was a thunderstorm going on; the damn cloud had its own lightning going on inside it. We only lived as far away from it as Vancouver so we could see the entire thing from our house after we made it home. For YEARS afterward my brother and I could find pieces of pumice in our yard from the later eruption, and we scratched the hell out of our bathtub playing with those cool floating rocks.

[@ramonanorris4509]

Graduation 1980 When It Blew 😔 Watching Jan2021😔 Never Forget 🙏🏼

[@blakensteina1blakensteina162]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT IN THE UPLOADING OF THIS MOVIE .

[@Goro488]

No problem

[@judishaw6105]

Thank You for the movie. I was 21 years old then it happened. I was on my way to above Sealite area a year later and I could see the ash and damage left by My. St. Helen's . Johnson had told them but the ones above him didn't believe well he was right. Ummm

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Hope we can thank you for switching off your caps button.

[@elviraarriaga1424]

Thanks for the movie! And i didn't know it was based on a true story & feel sad for People & creatures who lived & died there in mt.helens just to live in a beautiful state like this one

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

Yes I know...I was 13yrs old at that time.... I wish I visited Mt.St. Helens before it blew up. I'm into trees and wildlife🏕🗻🌋🏞

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@TheOnlyOneStanding8079 I moved out here after the eruption. I've seen pictures of St. Helens before the eruption and she sure was beautiful. Almost like pictures of Mt, Fuji.

[@joecombs7468]

I was a senior in high school when this eruption took place. Everything just kind of stopped and we watched what was happening and couldn't believe it. A lot of the stuff we were told ended up being wrong but then the scientist were doing the best they could. They learned so much from this one eruption, more than any other eruption. There were several theories before about how and if the eruption would happen. The most ironic thing? The one scientist whose theories were the most accurate was the scientist that was on the north face when it blew. Damn. Just think where volcanology would be today if he had been some place else that morning.

[@Gigi-ty2jy]

I was also a senior in high school when this happened. Money and politics seem to be the driving forces behind pretty much everything and science is no different, especially now. There are a few scientific voices out there keeping us informed of what is actually happening around our globe. Won't see any of them on the nightly news though which leads me to wonder what have we really learned. Had he not been on that mountain that day, he would still find himself being silenced.

[@briancathey498]

the people who died are like people who live in the gulf coast, florida , and the eastern seaboard during hurricanes . oh and lets not forget the dumbasses who live on flood plains , stupid because they dont leave when their told to or they build their house on dangerous ground

[@patrickkanas3874]

Myom was a high schooler when the mountain blew, she told me that for a couple of days there was this light haze which turned out to be smoke from the eruption that kept traveling east. We live in Wisconsin

[@freebird7057]

But just think if they would have thrown that virgin in the volcano maybe it would have settled down. 😁

[@andreamallery8999]

I was 13 and remember every detail to this day...amazing to live through that isn't it? 😢

[@papadollar3156]

I visited st helens in 97’, it’s absolutely beautiful and astonishing at the same time....a must see

[@mikefoster2944]

Very informative film on how destructive a volcano can be and useful film for warnings on any future possible eruptions anywhere.

[@annetteslife]

I saw the beauty of St. Helens in when myself and some classmates were coming back to British Columbia from a trip to California in 92! It was both an eery and beautiful site to see

[@timmyangeltlc4888]

I was 10 years old when Mt. St. Helen's erupted. I lived in Wisconsin and eventhough it was happening so far away I was scared. It took my mom quite a while to calm me down. So sad about the loss of human lives, the devastation, and the hardships so many went through in the aftermath.

[@trentcruise3084]

@Tina Gouine. Dont be scared. And those Idiots that were killed had plenty of time to leave before the Mountain Collapsed.

[@timmyangeltlc4888]

@@trentcruise3084 oh I'm not scared now but at the time I was. I am now 50 years old. Being 10 I didn't know any better that I wasn't in danger until my mom was able to calm me down. Thanks.

[@lynneshapley3948]

I was 19 and lived in Missouri....I remember the news and the day it blew. Good movie !

[@RyanHannaMusic]

my uncle owns a sawmill, there was an old painting on the office wall of an oregon logging trail with a big mac truck snaking its way down the mountain - it was from the late 70s, but a picture can evoke so much for me an i always imagined what the lives of the folks in that small logging town would have been like this movie is filling those wonders! id have loved grafting out on some rainy slope choking logs and kicking back at that lodge inn every weekend and having a little dance to the country music...i ended up working at my uncles mill, stayed there longer than i did any job. now i sing country lol

[@paulpallott8302]

Sounds cool

[@cristineconnell7803]

It's how I grew up, watching my big brothers climb & take down the lumber etc! ❤ Miss those days & that beautiful lil town!❤

[@Sunny25611]

I live in Northern Minnesota and we witnessed red skies for days after she blew.. the terror and majesty of Mother Nature always thrill’s me! Thanks for the upload ❤

[@dbecker595]

Sat on the roof of my house in 1980....just south of Beaverton. I remember thinking about how something that beautiful could be so destructive. I do recall that was maybe the first moment i realized the world was much bigger than my town, my street, my house. I didnt yet understand what an impact that moment would have on my life. I am over 50 now but still pause for a moment or two every May 18th.

[@TheRealRedAce]

......MUCH bigger than even your nation.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Gotta love the 70's cars.I remember this so well- 37 years later!

[@rogerswindell7537]

Hey Connie ; I was 9 years old at that moment and I remember the cars too ; Not like now how it’s KIAS , INFINITYS , NISSANS, TOYOTAS, ACURAS, SCIONS and being small with refrigerator motors😡 , But at a time when there was FORDS,MERCURYS, OLDSMOBILES , CHEVYS , PONTIACS , CHRYSLERS and they were CARS with REAL ENGINES with a standard V8 , Oh and remember when opening and closing the doors and the sound would make the earth tremble 🙂 and today’s cars the doors are quiet

[@sda9995]

I remember my grandpa had a big car in the 70s u could fit 8 people in it! Just can't remember the name of the car

[@mattpollack5823]

Hi Connie i hope this year brings happiness and prosperity to all Americans & Europeans and all over the world 🌍

[@crystalrusmisel1832]

When this volcano erupted she took many lives. My cousin was being born at the exact moment that day. Her mom my aunt always told us that st Helens wasn't the only thing to erupt that morning lol Sadly my cousin's not with us anymore. She was my best friend and I'll miss her always.

[@Mysticcatpurr]

:(

[@alexmercier3964]

Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed

[@mattpollack5823]

Hi Crystal i hope this year brings happiness and prosperity to all Americans & Europeans and all over the world 🌍

[@mattpollack5823]

@@Mysticcatpurr Hi Angie i hope this year brings happiness and prosperity to all Americans & Europeans and all over the world 🌍

[@conniemcmurry9589]

In 2003, a friend and I took a helicopter ride over the whole Mt St Helens area....the pilot even took us down into the top of the volcano to show us how the cone was rebuilding!! The trip cost us that day, but it was once in a lifetime!!

[@mattpollack5823]

Smiles 🥰🥰😊

[@mattpollack5823]

Hi Connie i hope this year brings happiness and prosperity to all Americans & Europeans and all over the world 🌍

[@oscarholybeeiii3760]

I spent a few years working as a news reporter for the Goldendale Sentinel. While there I caved and climbed. I met Harry. Caved in St. Helens cave with Bill Halliday. Climbed St. Helen's. After the eruption, the NSS held its annual convention in Bend. Friends from Boise invited us to ride along on a fly over. I was shocked.

[@petergreen4890]

I was 7 when it erupted, but I sure remember .. nearly died in Yakima

[@gailedmonds9107]

I remember this day. My husband, son & I were at Delta Park sitting in the car watching the kids play soccer & from time to time looking up at Mt. St. Helen's. I told my husband that we needed to head for home now because I was getting worried that the mountain looked like it was going to blow & then it started. By the time we got home to Beaverton it had already turned dark & the ash was coming down like dirty snow & piling up heavily & quickly. We covered our moths & ran into our apartment where we stayed for days.

[@katel7309]

how did you see that? I was just interested, since the movie shows that people didn't give a stuff or disbelieved it.

[@unitedwestand5100]

Wow, 1980, This seems like it happened yesterday. Time sure does fly by....

[@hayliedlr]

I was almost 2yrs old when this happened. I lived in Michigan at that time. From my understanding, Michigan didn't feel the effects. I only learned about the eruption when I studied volcano eruptions.

[@christopherparrisjr.3146]

40 years next year

[@petebentley3156]

No to me it seams like it happened a million years ago and not 40,I'm 61 now and live in Virginia.but back then when it happened it was big news,I marred my child hood sweet heart in 1979 and was racing on the pro motocross racing circuit.but they did cancel quite a fue races back then for us in the northern part of the the western part of the country,then one night me and my wife was watching this movie on HBO about the st Helens eruption then 6 mouth later I lost my beloved wife to breast cancer.but now this movie does bring back some bad memories for me,not only for the people who died and had there lives torn up side down but me loosing the most precious thing and person in my life at the time.well they day that time heals all wounds well that's one big lie to some of use now!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikehagan4320]

@@petebentley3156 I'm Sorry that Happened to you and Your Wife. I lost a wife and Teenage Daughter in a Divorce after 28 Years of Dedication. I'm not perfect but I didn't deserve this and neither did my Beloved Children. Some things seem impossible for a person to get there mind around. They are simply Unbelievable. But your only Choice is go on or die. I've Chosen to go on. Best Wishes! M.H.

[@unclepush2895]

@Sabrina Dugan you were broke by then;)

[@jameson7252]

This movie was filmed in Bend, Oregon! ELK lake lodge was used as Harry Truman’s lodge. The lodge is still there and hasn’t changed much. Mt. Bachelor was used as Mt. St. Helens. It’s about a 10000 ft mtn. I’ve climbed it and it’s one fun mtn!

[@RealJasonFutch]

Jameson I knew I saw the Sisters in the distance during the airport scene!

[@AngelCintiaRockgirl]

Jameson I've been to Bend many times. Was that also the town where everyone freaked (where they filmed it)? Also, was that supposed to be Cougar? It didn't look anything like Cougar.

[@jcdenton5828]

Just over 9,000ft actually :P

[@kakel536]

I thought so! I'm in Bend and thought, Wow, that sure looks like Bachelor! The first photo I mean.

[@karenengelhardt1610]

I knew it. Bend looks nothing like the area where Mt St Helens is. Evergreen Airport and Pearson Airfield look nothing like their "Vancouver Airport".

[@walthammassagefitness]

I was 5 when this happened. I was enthralled about the story. Saw this movie some year later, it is a riot watching it now. Holds up ok.

[@loneyhearts]

I remember the volcano eruption. My grandmother was in Washington state at the time. She survived and brought some of the ash from the eruption. I think back to the fear of losing my Grandmother 👵 💔 😞

[@tarahdoran386]

This was truly an event to remember; one that should not be forgotten ; time an nature as a way of repeating its self , one never knows when that will be : but it will happen in time.Good film thank you for sharing.

[@xxxaragon]

"one never knows when that will be" except that it's not true in this case since obviously scientists did predict it, the signs were so obvious that the "red zone" was mandated around the volcano etc.

[@bertspencer590]

I lived in northern Idaho at the time and left to find work, mom stayed in Idaho when mt staint Helen blew like 2 months after I left and found work, mom was not doing well due to her breathing and all. Bless mom and blessed all those who was in the ashes or lost a family member or someone close to them

[@celydolot2530]

It's a beautiful movie to watch. Thank you

[@Officialpaulsimon1]

WOW what a fantastic movie. Art Carney at his best. Thank you for sharing this movie to us.

[@chrisplatts4460]

Art Carney n his ass

[@martinebesson7210]

J aimerai bien le voir en francais ou sous titre francais merci

[@broella6493]

I was 25 years old when Mt. St. Helens erupted. I live in Colorado and I remember going outside the day after and my car was covered in ash… Never forget it..

[@rdg771s123]

This is a good movie. I had never heard of it until KZbin recommended. Glad to have watched!

[@semoneg2826]

Its also a true story

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

I liked the link between Harry Truman and David Johnson: they are in opposite points of views but can respect each other.

[@conniemcmurry9589]

I was a 33-year-old and living in Redmond Washington at the time. We followed all the happenings on TV. Most of the ash went east into Yakima, where it looked like night.People were getting stranded when their cars stalled because of "inhaling" the ash.

[@petergreen4890]

I was 6 and in Yakima, but I remember it well....we were leaving church and almost didn’t make it home

[@mattpollack5823]

Hi Connie i hope this year brings happiness and prosperity to all Americans & Europeans and all over the world 🌍

[@josephprice3808]

I remember this being my favorite movie when I was around 3 or 4 years old. I was a little over a year old when it blew. After I saw this film, I've been fascinated with volcanoes for the past 40 years.

[@harrietharlow9929]

You sound like me! I saw "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "The Mysterious Island" when I was ten or so and I've been fascinated by geology, especially volcanoes and plate tectonics ever since--nearly 60 years now. This is a cool movie. I saw it recommended for me , so here I am.

[@Roger-hp1yg]

You seen n understood what was happening in this movie at 3 or yrs old hahaha sure 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

Yeah arpt 3 or 4….fo with that crap

[@michaelrandy8764]

I recently heard someone talk about mt St Helens on a podcast, I knew about it's eruption way in the back of my mind despite me being born 6 later, but in my adult life, in Florida, I kinda "forgot about volcanoes" in general, hadn't even thought about volcanoes in years, so after that "oh yeah, volcanoes! " moment - in the past 48 hours I have watched at least 9 hrs worth of volcano documentaries and movies Lol What a time to be alive!

[@vickieheinrichs6939]

My parents lived on the south side of St, Helens, near Cougar, Washington. Mom use to sing "I feel the earth move under my feet" every time there was an earthquake! After the eruption on 5/18 it took several days to get in touch with them to find out if they were ok. I lived in Salem, Ore. about 120 miles away from them. It's something I will remember always!

[@conniecrawford5231]

I drove to Mount Saint helens a few months later and will never forget the thousands of trees flattened on the ground. Naure's power is beyond belief!

[@celticjay2306]

Connie Crawford Wow. Thank you... I always wanted to talk to someone who was there.. I wasn't around yet.. Lol..

[@allencrabbe8543]

Thank you Connie Crawford! The power of Nature is definitely not to be disrespected, or disbelieved. I was a freshman in high school when it happened, and followed the story. When I watched this movie, it made me feel like I was there. Despite not having today's big budget special effects, I thought they did pretty good. Your friend out here in KZbin land, Allen (AKA The Lone Wolf of Indiana)❤🐺🌵🇺🇸💖

[@MarylandGuy-ey3st]

I wasn’t a sperm in my father’s nutsack yet lol

[@lesterchristensen4287]

My gosh I lived at Walla Walla Washington when it blow, I thought the world had come to and end. The sky was black street lights came on you couldn't see because of the ash. We had over a foot of that stuff.

[@micheleclass2248]

The part where the roads are blocked with people coming to see the volcano, and having a parade, are so Pacific Northwest. 😁 My family was living in Northern Oregon, right by the Columbia river, near Blue lake park, when all of this was happening; but we were on vacation in Hawaii. As the plane was flying back into Portland, the pilot announced it, and told everyone to look out the windows.

[@aliarshad3012]

Thanks for uploading this fantastic movie. I grew up in the 80's so I can appreciate the old ones. Every once in while someone uploads a great movie. I started a log. I write the name of every good movie on KZbin for later watching. Thanks again.

[@tonerc.8191]

I'm actually really surprised no one has made an update movie at least sometime in the 2000s. they could make a good movie about it in modern times with all the effects we have now.

[@Dman425]

They sort of did in the 90’s with Dante’s Peak. Obviously it wasn’t about St. Helens

[@annetteslife]

Hey don't give these so called film critics any ideas

[@harrietharlow9929]

@Lockheed Martin F-22 RAPTOR I liked it. They actually quote David Johnston's, "Vancouver! Vancouver, this is it!!"

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

true...but i guess its like with the asteroid impact movies.. despite how promising the setting is not just to make a decent long movie with a broad spectrum of topics to sneak in some trivia for people ontop of the entertainment ,or a real deep look into a short slice of time in such an event. but after one , unless you got personal connection to a name people just think one vulcano movie as another..and the big publishers only wants 'all' the money so regardless if a good movie make profit unless its a world wide block buster..they rather kill the idea and leave more 'empty space' for what ever crap they decide to make to catch peoples attention across the social platforms slowly being converted into covert commercial or corp miss information tools.

[@universalsoldier2293]

@@Dman425 That's what I was going to say, too.

[@teannbingham1176]

I remember not celebrating my birthday that year, as it exploded on my 11th Birthday. Ever since then, I have been given items made from the ashes of that explosion. I remember watching it on my grandmas TV, over and over, as the news companies covered it for months afterwards.

[@ethics3]

You are lucky a manure plant didn't explode on your birthday then

[@dlane5292]

I know the family of David Johnston were a little upset of portrayals of him by the making of this film, but it was a good film, & I liked it. Watched since it came out, & several times over the years as well. Lot of memorable one liners. I was nearly 6 years old when the real St Helen's event happened. I have vague memories hearing of it in the news, & I also remember a thin layer of ash on everything in the small town I lived in southwest Montana.

[@petergreen4890]

Hamilton? 😉

[@basbiesbrouck9735]

I ve so much respect for harry truman but most of all for david johnston

[@ericgilbert56]

Thanls for uploading. A decent movie based on the real life event. I think more movies like this one should be allowed for public viewing for educational purposes.

[@syrianakahli314]

Very powerful movie. Thank you for sharing. My heart is broken.

[@joyleenpoortier7496]

Thank you I really enjoyed this movie. RIP to all who were lost including all the Animals

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Joyleen Poortier 🙏👍👏😿

[@SMGsweets]

@Joyleen Poortier ...I have more pity for the animals...they had no idea...The people that died had been warned and warned and did not evactuate ...They deserved what they got...They were stupid, stubborn and ingnorant and paid for it with their lives...

[@ioannisalex5089]

The same here. I always feel sorry for the animals, than humans. Animals are defenseless and get no help/warning from anybody !!

[@justsandra71]

@@SMGsweets I agree. Poor animals 😭

[@SissyD61]

Amen!

[@yolovtravel]

Vulcanoes are one of the most extraordinary formations in nature. I have got to see Mount Etna and Vesuvio in Italia and I was completed fascinated.

[@semoneg2826]

Yes I love to study volcanos

[@jaimealarcon9644]

It's unfortunate the writers didn't just let the story unfold the way it happened...it's not a documentary by a long shot. That being said, Art Carney had the best lines!

[@urchy54]

Just saw this for the first time ever. Whilst I have always been fascinated by the My. St. Helens eruption and seen lots of documentaries about it all, this movie really humanised the event (Australian spelling there). At first I thought "Oh God, Hollywood is at it again." Love interest, Red-neckery and greed. But then it occurred to me that 'this is life.' And so the grain of truth is allowed to be amplified in the movie. True drama it was. Loved it. And yes, I do agree that Art Carney is the best . He played the role exactly as I would have imagined that crotchety old so-and-so (with respect to Harry anyways) to be. Cheers,and thanks for the upload permitting me to see something new.

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

@@urchy54 It wasn't a Hollywood movie; this was filmed by an indie company back in '81, though I suspect Universal (whose MTE television division would later distribute the film in the '90s) was a little bit interested in the film. I don't get why they say it was made for TV, when it was clearly made for theatrical distribution (film posters from Europe show this).

[@ralphtempleman]

was stationed in Ma when this took place. was shocked and interested. I loved t his movie.

[@CarrieGerenScogginsOfficial]

Though I was only 9 when Mount Saint Helens erupted, I still remember how much media coverage it had. It was a really big event, and was the big topic on every news channel for a very long time.

[@johnsotelo3125]

One of my favorite movies. Thanks for the upload.