Records, un-narrated, with only a descriptive jazz score, the basic stages of an eruption of Mount Aetna, on the east coast of Sicily. It gives a non-verbal picture of one of the most dramatic of natural events, and is also an indirect portrait of Aetna itself.
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In ACMI's collection
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ACMI Identifier
000153
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Volcanoes
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)