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Smithsonian documentary captures earthquake in Nepal
DAVID BAUDER This undated photo provided by Smithsonian Channel shows the ruins of Kanjin Gompa, a vil- lage in the Langtang Val-
AP Television Writer lage in the Langtang Valley destroyed by a landslide in a scene from the documentary, “Nepal ley hours before it was
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s now Quake: Terror on Everest,” a one-hour special airing on Monday, June 8, 2015, at 9 p.m. ET. flattened by a landslide.
a given that most every There’s dramatic footage
natural disaster, even in Associated Press of landslides caused by
a location as remote as earthquakes in the moun-
Nepal, will be captured some 25 million times, said have a mobile phone eyewitness accounts, the tains surrounding the val-
by gripping amateur vid- David Royle, executive out with the video but- documentary tells stories ley, sending boulders tum-
eo. The challenge for the vice president of program- ton pushed. Documentary of how hikers were airlifted bling to the ground below.
Smithsonian Channel was ming and production at makers acquired video off the mountain, including Besides the personal sto-
taking this material and the Smithsonian Channel. from a hiker who kept one American who nearly ries, filmmakers tried to es-
making it mean something “That is how people expe- the camera running as died because of fluid in his tablish the science behind
more. rienced this story in many he rushed into a tent and lungs caused by high alti- what happened, explain-
The network’s one-hour ways,” Royle said. “What crouched under a table tude. ing that about 200 years’
special, “Nepal Quake: was important to us is that when the wall of ice hit, Besides the Everest story, worth of what is normally
Terror on Everest,” airs Mon- nobody has seen the full then emerged to see the which dominates about gradual movement be-
day at 9 p.m. ET. story. What we were able chaotic aftermath. Hikers half of this documenta- tween two geologic plates
More than 8,700 people to do is tell the fuller story.” tried to help one man keep ry, filmmakers found two was unleashed at the mo-
were killed and thousands That was because there warm when he was caught women whose lives were ment of the quake.
more injured in the April 25 were hardly any moments without a coat. saved because they hap- Mount Everest, the world’s
earthquake and a May 12 when somebody didn’t Through the video and pened to hike out of a vil- tallest mountain, shrank
aftershock. by an inch. Scientists can’t
Finding video evidence of predict earthquakes, but
the disaster wasn’t hard. they can forecast areas
Two Nepalese teenagers where they are likely to oc-
were recording material for cur, and this was the case
their YouTube channel on here, the documentary
a Kathmandu street when said.
the earthquake struck, and “Obviously, this is one of
they turned their camera the important stories of the
around to capture build- year,” Royle said. “We felt
ings toppling, birds flying we could provide context
frantically and people try- and nuance and greater
ing hard to stay on their understanding.”
feet with the ground con- Network executives also
vulsing beneath them. wanted to keep the story in
Video taken from a the public’s mind because
Mount Everest base camp the Smithsonian Institution
showed a wall of crushed is involved in trying to pre-
ice and snow rushing to- serve some of the histori-
ward hikers, eventually kill- cal buildings and artifacts
ing 19 of them. Since then, damaged by the storm, he
that clip has been viewed said.q
‘Star Trek’ star Nichelle
Nichols recovering from stroke
FRAZIER MOORE Rev. Martin Luther King In this June 8, 2014 file photo, actor Nichelle Nichols during the Creation Entertainment’s Official
AP Television Writer Jr. personally encourag- Star Trek Convention at The Westin O’Hare, in Rosemont, Ill.
NEW YORK (AP) — Nichelle ing her to stay with the se-
Nichols, who played Lt. ries. She met him at a civil Associated Press
Nyota Uhura in the original rights gathering in 1967, at
“Star Trek” TV series and in a point when she had de- acters, who had always the series starting in 1979 powers. Her acting career
follow-up films, is recover- cided not to return for the maintained a platonic re- with “Star Trek: The Motion has continued into the
ing from a stroke suffered show’s second season. lationship, were forced into Picture.” More recently, present day with roles in
Wednesday at her Los An- He said, ‘You cannot do the kiss by aliens who were she had a recurring role two upcoming films. Leon-
geles home. that,’” Nichols recalled. controlling their actions. on television’s “Heroes,” ard Nimoy, a fellow charter
Tests indicate the stroke “You’ve changed the face Nichols also appeared in playing the great-aunt of “Star Trek” cast member,
was mild, her booking of television forever, and six big-screen spin-offs of a young boy with mystical died in February.q
manager, Zachery McGin- therefore, you’ve changed
nis, said Friday. He said the the minds of people,” she
82-year-old actress began said the civil rights leader
therapy Friday. told her.
“She is awake, eating, in During the show’s third sea-
good spirits and able to son, her character and Wil-
have full conversations,” liam Shatner’s Capt. James
McGinnis said. Kirk shared what was de-
Nichols’ role on “Star Trek” scribed as the first interra-
earned her accolades for cial kiss to be broadcast
breaking stereotypes for on a U.S. television series.
black actresses, with the In the episode, their char-
