- Title: NEW ZEALAND: VIOLENT ERUPTION COVERS LARGE AREA WITH VOLCANIC ASH.
- Date: 22nd February 1975
- Summary: 1. AERIAL VIEW Smoke rising above mountain 0.27 2. AERIAL VIEW Cloud of smoke 0.32 3. GV Ashes and smoke around mountain (2 shots) 0.42 4. AERIAL VIEWS Smoke and ashes above volcano (2 shots) 1.01 TRANSCRIPT: RICHARD LONG: "Smoke from the mountain could be seen more than eighty miles away as we flew towards it in the mid-afternoon. As we got near, all Lake Taupo was covered by a grey haze while the mountain itself was surrounded by white cloud and brown smoke. With a bang that thumped the bottom of the aircraft another eruption began. In the forty minutes or so that we circled the crater there was a series of outbursts of eruptions lasting a few minutes and of varying strengths. From the air it was impossible to see any movement on the mountain's slopes but people on the ground report ash movement down both sides of the mountain almost to the foot of the main cone. There've been deposits of ash at Tokaanu and a little bit reported from the hydro construction township of Turangi near the foot of Lake Taupo. Shock waves have been violently shaking buildings at the Chateau Hotel and Whakapapa ski village. The mountain is still rumbling and loud explosions are occurring about every half an hour. Tonight a back-up team of D.S.I.R. scientists reached the mountain from Rotorua to begin round-the-clock observations until the mountain quietens again." Initials CL/2148 CL/2155 BLACK AND WHITE TELERECORDING Editor's Note: This film is serviced with an English commentary by NZBC Reporter Richard Long. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MOUNT NGAURUHOE, CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND
- Country: New Zealand
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