English subtitles for clip: File:1943 eruption in Niuafo'ou.ogv
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1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 A volcano erupting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is filmed by a Marine 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:15,440 cameraman on air patrol. The tiny island of Niuafoʻou, almost blotted from view as 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:20,000 rivers of red hot lava send huge clouds of smoke billowing skyward. 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,240 Mariners, unable to find anchorage in the deep waters offshore, call the place 5 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,000 Tin Can Island because mail is floated ashore in tin cans. 6 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,240 A Polynesian village on the island has been abandoned. Nature's fury providing a 7 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,000 spectacle of turbulent grandeur!