1.
LS PAN MOUNTAIN
5 1/2 ft

2.
LS SMOKE FROM CRATER
8 ft

3.
MLS DAMAGED AREA
11 1/2 ft

4.
ZOOM SHOT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
16 1/2 ft

5.
MS DRIED LAVA
20 1/2 ft

6.
LS GOVT. OFFICIALS IN VILLAGE (2 SHOTS)
24 1/2 ft

7.
MLS GOVT. OFFICIALS TALKING TO VILLAGERS
28 ft

8.
CU VILLAGER
30 ft

9.
CU POLICE OFFICER
31 1/2 ft

10.
MS MOTHER AND BABY
33 1/2 ft

11.
LS PAN PEOPLE PRAYING ON DRIED RIVER BED
38 ft

12.
MS PRIEST (2 SHOTS)
41 1/2 ft

13.
MLS BRID-OFFERING
44 1/2 ft

14.
MS GONG BEATERS
47 ft

15.
LS PEOPLE PRAYING
50 ft

16.
CU WOMAN PRAYING
52 ft

17.
MLS WOMAN MOVING AFTER PRAYERS (3 SHOTS)
60 1/2 ft

18.
MS PEOPLE EVACUATING (3 SHOTS)
68 ft

19.
LS MOUNT AGUNG
71 ft



Initials JT'D/V/SGM



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Background: THE TEN THOUSAND FOOT HIGH MOUNT AGUNG, THE HOME OF THE GREAT MOTHER GOD AND THE TEMPORARY DWELLING OF OTHER GODS AND GODDESSES, IS NOW SMOKING LESS VIOLENTLY.

INSTEAD OF THE VERTICAL MUSHROOM OF CLOUD AND CONSTANT ROAR OF ESCAPING GAS RISING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FEET HIGH, THE SMOKE NOW DRIFTS NEARLY HORIZONTALLY, AND SEEPS OVER THE CRATER EDGE - THUS CHANGING ITS SHAPE.

HOWEVER, EXPERTS FORETELL FURTHER OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE AND MANY VILLAGERS THINK THERE IS TROUBLE AHEAD.

AMIDST THE CONFUSION, SOME FAMILIES FUND TIME TO GO TO THE SITE OF AN OLD RIVER BED TO PRAY TO THE GOD OF GULUNG AGUNG FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THE SINS THEY HAVE COMMITTED LED BY A BRAHMAN PRIEST, THE FAMILIES CARRIED OFFERINGS TO THE SITE. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE VILLAGE ORCHESTRA AND DURING PLAYERS, CYMBALS AND GONGS WERE STRUCK IMMEDIATELY.

IN THE VILLAGE OF ISEH, DANGER FROM FLOOD IS SURROUNDING RICE FIELDS AND VILLAGES. SEVERAL BRIDGES WERE BROKEN AND COMMUNICATIONS IN THIS AREA WERE CUT-OFF.

THE CIVIC AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING TO EVACUATE VILLAGERS BY BOATS AND PLANES TO UNAFFECTED AREAS OF BALI. FOOD AND MEDICINE ARE CONSTANTLY BRING AIRDROPPED BY INDONESIAN AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS TO RESCUE WORKERS ATTENDING TO THE SICK AND INJURED.

DESPITE ALL THIS, THE HINDU-BALINESE PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING THEIR LONG-AWAITED ONE HUNDRED YEAR FESTIVAL OF "EKA DASA RUDRA" WHICH ARE BEING CONDUCTED ON A SAFER OF THE MOUNT AGUNG.

GOVERNMENTS THE WORLD OVER HAVE RUSHED MONEY, FOOD AND MEDICINE TO THE VOLCANO VICTIMS.