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The most popular narrated or reconstructed news stories tended to be tragedy-related news, such as traffic accidents, shipwrecks, plane crashes or volcanic eruptions. This particular film is one of the most frequently-cited in film literature and was considered lost for almost a century. However, it is only a static shot of a mock-volcano and the city below it. We see rising smoke and eventually volcanic ash falling. This film is an example of period mass entertainment that, in hindsight, seems rather trivial. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)
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