Fire Mountain: The Eruption and Rebirth of Mount St. Helens
Fire Mountain: The Eruption and Rebirth of Mount St. Helens is one of the most talked-about History, Documentary movies released in 1997, attracting audiences with its cinematic storytelling and memorable performances.
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Illustrates the terrifying fury of the most destructive volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and survivors' own words. Shows examples of nature's plant and animal recovery seventeen years later.