Product Details

• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Penguin Group(USA) I
• VHS Release Date: September 10, 1996
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304165323
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,511 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Ka-boom! Who isn't fascinated by the giant exploding mountains, from Vesuvius to Mount St. Helens? DK certainly is, as we can see from Eyewitness: Volcano, a thrilling adventure that combines their trademarked eye candy with the latest scientific understanding. Intriguing for all ages, the incredible close-up footage of lava flow and other volcanic processes will keep the whole family coming back again and again. Learning about how and why these destructive monsters are made, how they contribute to creating new rocks and land, and how they have affected human life through the millennia has never been this much fun or stimulating. There's nothing else like Eyewitness: Volcano; it belongs in every family's library. --Rob Lightner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Stuff, December 6, 2001

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Doctor Quartz (Huntington Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness - Volcano [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've got about fifteen eyewitness videos and this one is one of the very best. (This one, coincidentally, is also my five year old's favorite.) Some of the eyewitness videos are capable of putting you to sleep faster than cheap beer after a twenty hour day, but "Volcano" won't. The other two eyewitness videos I highly recommend are "Ocean" and "Human Machine." The "Rocks" video is a snooze (I teach geology and love rocks but this one even puts me to sleep). The "Planets" video is OK, though I thought there were at least two minor factual errors. The "DesertS video is kind of a snooze, as well. "Bears" is a little bit better, but you get tired of seeing the cute and cuddly fur balls by the end of it--it doesn't hold up well to repeated viewings. Surprisingly, "Trees" is pretty wonderful and keeps your attention to the end. "Monsters" is another great one. (The little guy loves that one too.) Don't get "Mammals" video--they made it using a bunch of stock video, and the narraration sucks. But it's definitely better than "Rugrats." If you have kids, I strongly recommend getting lots of the videos in this series. Buy them a new one a week. It's ten times better for them, than letting them watch the cartoon channel--an activity which will completely rot their brains out. It's better to sit kids in front of an "Eyewitness" series video, where they learn wonderful things about our beautiful world.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Preschoolers, October 30, 2002

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Theresa Milstein (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness - Volcano [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My four-year old loves this video. I was worried that the content would scare him, but it is well done. It keeps his interest every time he watches it. Eyewitness videos are a great resource for any subject your preschooler is interested in. The dinosaur one has also been a big hit.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES, October 3, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Eyewitness - Volcano [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I LOVE VOLCANOES,EARTHQUAKES,AND NATURAL DISASTERS
THIS VIDEO WAS SO INTERESTING ABOUT VOLCANOES

KYLE VENTURA

MISSISAUGA ONTARIO CANADA