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The film begins in the early hours of the morning of January 23rd 1973. A mile long fissure had ripped itself open on the outskirt of the fishing village on Heimaey, a small island of the Vestmannaeyjar group, off the South Coast of Iceland. Glowing ash and molten lava was spewed over the sleeping town. We see the evacuation of the 500 inhabitants, both by air and by sea. We witnes unbelievable scenes of bellowing craters, flowing lava, burning and collapsing buildings. We learn of the agony and uncertainty of people made homeless, and of the measures taken by the Civil Defence to deal with a disaster of an enormity rarely faced by so small a nation.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1973-01-01
- video_camera_front Companies Kvik sf.
- timer Runtime: 27 Mins
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Páll Steingrímsson
Director
Páll Steingrímsson
Screenplay
Ernst Rudolf Kettler
Director of Photography
Ásgeir Long
Director of Photography
Páll Steingrímsson
Director of Photography
Ernst Rudolf Kettler
Editor
Ásgeir Long
Editor
Atli Heimir Sveinsson
Music
Heiðar Marteinsson
Camera Operator
Hrafn Jónsson
Camera Operator
Páll Steingrímsson
Sound
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