It's amazing how little footage we have of this volcano from 1980. It was a different world back then. Only professionals had access to a video camera and it was still an era where most news stations had to deliver their film to the studio for processing, before it could be shown on television. Satellite links that could provide live video were still few and far between and very rudimentary.
If such a volcano went off today, we'd have dozens of high quality videos posted to YouTube within minutes of eruption and there would be a number of live cams to log onto.
It's amazing how little footage we have of this volcano from 1980. It was a different world back then. Only professionals had access to a video camera and it was still an era where most news stations had to deliver their film to the studio for processing, before it could be shown on television. Satellite links that could provide live video were still few and far between and very rudimentary.It was different back then. Back in 1977, I remember my brother bringing home a "portable video recorder" that he borrowed from the TV station he worked at. Heavy shoulder mounted camera attached by a video cable to an even heavier black and white reel to reel video tape recording deck.