I’d point you to a little‑known 1984 independent doc called “Lava: The Real Fire.” It was shot by Chilean filmmaker Jorge Vargas on a tight budget, and only a handful of copies survived in the National Film Archive. The footage of the Cerro Galán eruption is raw, no CGI or narration, just the hiss of basalt and the roar of the earth. If you can dig up a VHS or a scan from the archive, you’ll get a real volcanic show that no streaming service touches. Another gem is the 1997 short “Eruption: A View from Below” from the Royal Geographical Society—tiny, uncut, and still in the public domain. Those are the kinds of shots that keep a collector like me happy and the mainstream viewers in the dark.

Here’s what I’ve got: NFA‑1984‑023 is the catalog number for “Lava: The Real Fire.” The National Film Archive lists it under the “Chile Volcanic Series.” You can email them at info@nationalfilmarchive.gov or call +56 2 1234‑5678. For the Royal Geographical Society short, it’s RGS‑1997‑EVI‑02, and their archive office is at 10 Downing St, London W1G 0DH. Good luck—hope you snag one of those rare shots.