MAY 15TH, 1980
Three days before the eruption

These aerials of the Mount St. Helens and the legendary proprietor Harry Truman are some of the last known images of the lake, the lodge and the man who embodied the rugged people that lived in the shadow of the volcano.

Harry Truman was one of the victims lost during the eruption when Spirit Lake, the lodge and camps that surrounded the lake were buried by the collapse of the mountain's north face and the explosion of the mountain itself.

This video also shows the final stages of the evacuation and airlift removal of the equipment from the Boy Scout Camp on Spirit Lake.

This is newly restored video from the KGW archives.
It is presented in it's original 4x3 registration.

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