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Cinematographer Chris Duddy has worked on some of Hollywood鈥檚 biggest movies like Titanic and Terminator 2. Filming in extreme conditions is part of his job, and he loves it, but nothing could prepare him for the day the helicopter he was in crashed inside the crater of an active volcano.

It was November 1992 and he was flying over the Big Island of Hawaii shooting footage for the end of the Hollywood thriller Sliver. The shot involved flying over the active K墨lauea volcano, but during filming the helicopter suffered total engine failure and crash-landed inside the Pu驶u 驶艑驶艒 vent of the volcano.

Chris, along with his director of photography Mike Benson and the pilot Craig Hosking, were trapped there 鈥� 300 feet down and perilously close to a lava pool. Choking on toxic fumes and enduring bizarrely freezing temperatures when the weather closed in, Chris had to spend an entire night in the volcano, and the next day decided his only option was to climb out of the crater to escape. Although he risked falling into the lava pool below, he somehow found the superhuman strength to make it out, but what had happened to his two companions?

Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: June Christie

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(Photo: Hawaii鈥檚 K墨lauea volcano sends plumes of ash into the sky. Credit: Getty Images)