The Eruption of Mount Pelee

The Eruption of Mount Pelee
A frame from the film
Directed byGeorges Méliès
Produced byGeorges Méliès
Production
company
Release date
  • 1902 (1902)
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Éruption volcanique à la Martinique, released in the United States as The Eruption of Mount Pelee and in Britain as The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelée and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique, is a 1902 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film is a short reconstruction, using miniature models, of a recent historical event: the eruption on 8 May 1902 of Mount Pelée, which destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique.

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