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1951 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Volcanoes: Mount Lamington erupts
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1:39Now PlayingDate: 7th February 1951
Location: Papua New Guinea
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Haunted Mountain in Eruption
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
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General view of Mount Lamington erupting: Refugees arriving by small plane in Port Moresby:
INT PLANE
Cameramen filming volcano through windows of plane: Long shot of erupting mountain:
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AIR VIEWS / AERIALS of mountain and lava flowing / area devastated by flowing lava - trees reduced to sticks / molten lava covering former village
GROUND TO AIR Plane flying overhead:
AIR VIEWS / AERIALS Mount Lamington as whole side of mountain falls away / smoking crater
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