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Mt. Vesuvius & Mt. Etna (1928)

1928 · Short film · 9 min

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Created in the 1930s, this silent German educational film shows images of Mount Vesuvius near Naples, Italy, as well as the destruction caused by the eruption of Mt. Etna in 1928. The eruption ended up destroying the town of Mascali, situated low on the eastern flank of the volcano. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Catania, between Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian…

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