Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster

Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster

The Deadliest Eruption in US History

2020 · Documentary · 0h 45m · 6.2

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens was the deadliest in U.S. history. Survivor testimonies and rare images reveal the cataclysms it unleashed.

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Cast

Bill Ratner
Bill Ratner
Narrator
D
Donald A. Swanson
Self - USGS Volcanologist
Dixy Lee Ray
Dixy Lee Ray
Self (archive footage)
G
George Barker
Self - Deputy Sheriff, Skamania Co.
Harry R. Truman
Harry R. Truman
Self (archive footage)
David A. Johnston
David A. Johnston
Self (archive footage)
D
Dorothy Stoffel
Self - Geologist
Catherine Hickson
Catherine Hickson
Self - Volcanologist
J
Jim Scymanky
Self - Survivor
D
David Crockett
Self - Retired Photojournalist
J
Jess Hagerman
Self - Helicopter Pilot
R
Robert Brown Jr.
Self - Survivor

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