Volcano Eruptions
1959 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
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The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force
- National Archives Identifier
- 68933 (local identifier 342-USAF-35758)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.68933 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/)
The record
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National Archives and Records Administration Volcano Eruptions Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) VOLCANO ERUPTION OF KILAUEA IKI CRATER, 11/16/1959 - 11/21/1959. ARC Identifier 68933 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-35758. Summary: Aerial and ground coverage of Kilauea Iki hurling hot lava fountain to a height of approximately 1150 feet. Reel 1, 759': Aerial night, dawn and day scenes of Kilauea Iki erupting a colossal torch of hot lava -- shows smoke, lava flow and some dawn and day scenes with low cloud cover. Reel 2, 635': 1) LS's & MLS's of spewing fountain shooting hundreds of feet skyward -- shows smoke, lava flow and low cloud cover. 2) MS of sign: KILAUEA IKI, 640 FEKT DEEP AT THIS POINT ONE MILE LONG, LAST ACTIVE IN 1868. 3) Shows fountain rising awesomely above Ohia trees and depositing blanket of pumice on Chain of Crater Rim Road and seared branches of trees smoking. 4) Night scenes of spewing fountain and lava flow. Reel 3, 787': MS's & MLS's from different vantage points of spewing fountain, smoke and lava flow. Good (Basic: R1&2, Orig Color; R3 Col pos). VOLCANO ERUPTION, 11/16/1959. ARC Identifier 68881 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-35187. Made possible by a donation from Mary Neff.