Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Questar
• VHS Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1568553986
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,051 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

America is riddled with volcanoes, and as we learned on May 15, 1980, they are just as nasty and unpredictable as ever. America's Deadliest Volcanoes sweeps you up and over 16 of the United States' biggest, scariest active volcanoes, from Hawaii's Kilauea to Alaska's Katmai, as well as shows off the destructive fury of Mount St. Helens's relatively recent tantrum. This isn't just for lava junkies, though--you'll learn so much about underground pressure and plate tectonics in just 55 minutes that you'll be ready to write your thesis. Still, the volcanoes are spectacular, and the footage of the flowing, spurting lava is hypnotic. Part science lesson and part fireworks show, America's Deadliest Volcanoes will fascinate you and make you think twice about that quiet mountain in the distance. --Rob Lightner

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Scrappy Little Tape - for the Scrap Heap, May 27, 1999

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Lisa Haynes "author, Ex-Lovers & More Importa... (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: America's Deadliest Volcanoes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"The Modocs were a scrappy little tribe..." is a quote from this sappy, condescending, and offensive film.

As far as the geological information, it might have been okay for a junior high class, I suppose, except that it would be too religious for public schools. You won't hear the terms pyroclastic or stratovolcano, but you will hear again and again, "angels, hell, god, heavens, goddess, sacred etc..."

As a student of geology, I found this tape nearly a complete waste of time. The only thing good about it is the spectacular pictures of the major volcanoes in the United States. But, if you're looking for indepth information on volcano systems, plate tectonics, or geology, try another source. This is not going to give you anything to chew on.

And, as an American Indian, this tape is beyond condescending. Again and again you hear what the Native Americans called each volcano - as if there's some mystical power in that. If only the poor white men would have just listened to the noble savages.

Please! That's what I get for thinking that the most expensive tape offered by Amazon.com on volcanoes is going to be the best. Rob Lightner, did you really watch this?