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.
Thanks, Joe - haven’t seen that piece of film in a while. I was in Tacoma when she blew, it was spooky to say the least.
